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200 Rijksdaalder
| Issuer | Hollandsche Indische Gouvernement (Dutch East Indies Government) |
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| Year | 1810 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | Litt. E Nr. 284 Goed voor Rijksdaalders 200. Zegge twee honderd Rijksdaalders. Batavia den 3den van Wintermaand 1810. GEZIEN. |
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| Protection type | Handstamp, Official seal |
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By 1810, the Dutch East Indies administration was printing its own paper currency in Batavia under desperate circumstances — Napoleon had absorbed the Netherlands into France in 1810, and the colonial government in Java was increasingly cut off from metropolitan financial support. These high-denomination Rijksdaalder notes were issued under Herman Willem Daendels, the French-appointed Governor-General, as the administration struggled to fund military construction and defense against anticipated British attack.
Britain seized Java the following year. Notes of this issue were effectively stranded currency within months of printing.