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3 Keping 1202 1787 Pattern
| Issuer | Dutch East India Company (VOC) |
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| Year | 1788 |
| Type | Coin pattern |
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| Obverse lettering | V E I C 17 ✿ 87 |
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| Edge | Reeded, slanted |
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The VOC kepeng coinage was produced for circulation in Batavia and the surrounding Javanese territories, where Chinese-style cash coins had been the dominant small change for generations. This 1787-dated pattern — struck in 1788 — was almost certainly produced to test acceptance of a new denomination before committing to a full copper issue. The gold plating on copper patterns of this type served less as a precious metal test and more as a presentation convention, distinguishing trial pieces sent to the Heeren XVII in Amsterdam from production strikes.
KM#259.1 is among the rarer VOC pattern survivals; the Company's dissolution in 1799 cut short any long-term plans this series may have had.