Scarcer machine-struck copper 1/4 stuiver (1 duit), 1826, Dutch East Indies (KM #287 var)

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Star above NEDERL / INDIE, date (1826) and mintmark (S) below / Crowned States General coat of arms dividing the value "1/4 - St". 20mm, 1.79 grams. Utrecht mint. Krause #287 var.

These machine-struck coins are lighter and smaller than the normall milled issues. They are not listed separately in Krause, but are scarcer than the normal milled coins.

In 1596, a four-ship expedition led by Cornelis de Houtman was the first Dutch contact with Java. By the end of the 18th century the Dutch had extended their influence over the sultanates of the interior (see Dutch East India Company in Indonesia). Internal conflict prevented the Javanese from forming effective alliances against the Dutch. Remnants of the Mataram survived as the Surakarta (Solo) and Yogyakarta principalities. Javanese kings claimed to rule with divine authority and the Dutch helped them to preserve remnants of a Javanese aristocracy by confirming them as regents or district officials within the colonial administration.


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