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1 Rijksdaalder
| Issuer | Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie (VOC) |
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| Year | 1799 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse lettering | La. D. No. 23797 Goed voor Rds: 1 Wy Ondergeteekende Certificeeren dat toonder dezes by de Compagnie te goed heeft, EEN Ryxdaalder van 48. zwaare stuyvers ider Indisch Geld. Batavia in 't Casteel den 2 April, 1799. Gezien. Rds: Een. |
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| Protection type | Handstamp, Manuscript signatures |
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The VOC issued paper currency in Batavia throughout the eighteenth century as a practical solution to chronic coin shortages in the colony — specie was constantly drained eastward to pay for goods, and what returned rarely stayed long in circulation. By 1799, however, the Company was functionally bankrupt, dissolved by the Batavian Republic on the final day of that year. Notes issued in 1799 are among the last the VOC ever produced, printed and signed in Batavia while the parent organization in the Netherlands was already being wound down.
Manuscript signatures and a handstamp served as the primary authentication — no intaglio security printing, no watermark protection. Forgery was a persistent problem throughout the Batavian paper money system.