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Dutch East India Company coinage information


A bronze doit of the Dutch East India Company, depicting the VOC monogram and its date of production on its obverse and the coat of arms of Holland on the reverse.

The Dutch East India Company (Dutch: Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie, often known as VOC) was a chartered company which issued a considerable series of coinage in bronze, silver and gold for its territories in the Far East between 1602 and 1799.

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