2 Duiten 'Papegaaitje' Tree

The so-called "Papegaaitje" — Little Parrot — coinages of Suriname were produced for the Dutch colony following England's transfer of the territory to the Netherlands under the 1667 Treaty of Breda, where the Dutch famously exchanged what would become New York to retain this sugar-producing territory. Suriname's plantation economy required low-denomination coinage for local transactions, and these provincial copper pieces were among the earliest coins struck specifically for Dutch colonial Suriname.

The "Tree" subtype designation distinguishes this from other Papegaaitje varieties catalogued by Scholt, reflecting documented die differences within this early series.