Ceylon VOC ½ stuiver ND (Jaffna) 

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Ceylon VOC ½ stuiver ND (Jaffna)
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Catalogue information

LastDodo number
9925357
Area
Coins
Title
Ceylon VOC ½ stuiver ND (Jaffna)
Country
Ceylon
Face value
0,50 stuiver
Year
1660
Variety / overstrike
Era
Ceylon - VOC-period (1640-1796)
Head of State
Republic of the Seven United Netherlands - First stadtholderless era (1650-1672)
Type
Coin
Designer
Unknown
Series
Theme
No
Material
Copper (Cu)
Weight
7.8
Diameter
17
Thickness
Punch
Coin alignment
Shape
Irregular / Other
Obverse
½ St.
Reverse
½ St.
Edge
Plain
Privy mark
None
Mint mark
Geen (Jaffna, Ceylon)
Number produced
Krause and Mishler number
KM# 18
Catalogue number
Scholten# 1291
Details

Half so-called wreath penny minted in Jaffnapatnam on behalf of the VOC. A coin without date (1660-1720). There are many stamp variants. There is a variant in which the 2 is written as S.

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