1790 COINS US COLONIAL VOC NEW YORK PENNY DUTCH DUIT NETHERLANDS INDIES UTRECHT

 The First New York Penny

 ‘1700'S Treasure of the Dutch East Indies Company’

VOC Dutch Duit

AKA- 1^st New York Penny

NETHERLAND EAST INDIES

DUIT OBVERSES: V.O.C. MONOGRAM, DATE BELOW

DUIT REVERSE: CROWNED ARMS OF THE RESPECTIVE PROVINCE

METAL: COPPER

Dated 1720-1799 Date Our Choice - Good Condition (a good commercial grade)

VOC Dutch East Indies Co. Copper Duits - from the era of tall ships. Show the coats-of -arms from 4 Netherlands provinces--circulated in Southeast Asia colonial "spice Islands" 1726 to 1794. Appear to have been recovered from sea.

 The Coinage:

To fulfill a shortage of currency in its expanding territories, from 1726 to 1794, copper duits were struck at provincial mints in The Netherlands. Coins showing the VOC monogram and the coats of arms of Holland, West Friesland, Zeeland, and Utrecht were minted for circulation in The Dutch East Indies, India, Ceylon, and Malacca.

 • Arms of Holland, a rampant lion
• Arms of Zeeland, a lion rising from the sea
• Arms of Westfriesland, two lions passant guardant
• Arms of Gelders, two combatant lions
• Arms of Utrecht parted bendwise and held by two rampant lions