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2 Keping
| Issuer | Dutch East India Company (VOC) |
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| Year | 1786-1788 |
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| Reference(s) | C#22, KM#258, Pr#11 |
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| Reverse description | The reverse bears a multi-line Arabic inscription occupying the central field, stating the denomination 'Two Keping' in Arabic script. The Hijri date appears at the bottom rendered in Eastern Arabic (Indic) numerals. The legend is contained within a toothed (dentilated) border consistent with the obverse treatment. |
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| Mintage | 1200 (1786) - - 1200 (1786) - Gilt Proof - 1200 (1786) - Proof - 1202 (1786) - Error; Rare - 1202 (1787) - - 1202 (1788) - - 1202 (1788) - Gilt Proof - 1202 (1788) - Proof - |
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The VOC struck these kepings at Batavia for circulation in the pepper-producing regions of Sumatra's west coast, where the Company maintained trading posts at Padang and Tapanuli. By the mid-1780s the VOC was in terminal financial decline — accumulated debt from decades of corruption, smuggling losses, and the Fourth Anglo-Dutch War (1780–1784) had gutted the organization — and these would be among the last copper issues the Company managed to produce before its charter lapsed in 1799.