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15 Rijksdaalder
| Issuer | Vereenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie (VOC) |
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| Year | 1809 |
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| Value | 15 Rijksdaalder |
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| Obverse lettering | Goed voor 15 Rds. of 9 gecartelde Ducatons. Wy ondergeteeckenden Certificeeren, dat toonder dezes, by de Oost-Indische Compagnie te goed heeft 15: Rds: (zegge) Vyftuen Ryksdaalders van 48. zwaare stuivers ieder, Indisch geld, of wel 9: (zegge) Neegen nieuwe gecartelde Ducatonnen, van 80. stuivers ieder. Zynde deze gangbaar, te Amboina, Banda en Ternaten, zonder eenige korting; en zal deze te Batavia by vertooning worden uitbetaald in klinkende Muntspecien, zonder eenige korting. Amboina in het Kasteel Victoria, den 29 July 1808. Gezien Rds. 15: of Duc: 9. |
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| Reverse lettering | VOC 15 |
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By 1809, the VOC had been legally dissolved for nearly a decade — the Batavian Republic nationalized it on 1 March 1800, absorbing its assets and debts. Any note circulating under the VOC name after that point was effectively a remnant instrument, issued by colonial administrators still working through the old company's paper stock and accounting infrastructure rather than anything the parent institution had sanctioned. The Amboina printing origin places this firmly in the eastern spice island administration, far from Batavia's central oversight.
The handstamp is the only security feature — a notable vulnerability given the note's face value at fifteen rijksdaalder.