1/2 Stuiver

Java fell under British administration in 1811 when Stamford Raffles was appointed Lieutenant-Governor following the Anglo-Dutch alliance collapse under Napoleonic pressure. These copper fractions were struck to address a chronic small-change shortage that had plagued the island's markets for decades under the VOC and its Dutch successors. The British occupation lasted only until 1816, when Java was returned to the Netherlands under the terms of the Anglo-Dutch Treaty — making this a genuinely short production window.

KM#241 is frequently found corroded or encrusted, a predictable consequence of tropical circulation in a high-humidity environment.