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4 Duiten 'Papegaaitje' Branch with 4 leaves
| Issuer | Suriname |
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| Year | 1679 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | A parrot (the so-called 'Papegaaitje') depicted in profile facing right, perched on a leafy branch bearing four leaves, the whole resting on a ground line. The numeral '4' appears in the upper right field. The date 1679 is inscribed in the exergue below the ground line, preceded by the letters 'AM' denoting Anno Mundi. The design is crudely executed in the hammered tradition, with irregular coin surfaces typical of early colonial Surinamese coinage. |
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| Obverse lettering | 4 AM · 1679 (Translation: Year of the World) |
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Issued by the newly established Dutch colony of Suriname just a decade after England ceded the territory to the Netherlands in the 1667 Treaty of Breda, this copper duiten issue represents one of the earliest colonial coinages struck specifically for Surinamese circulation. The "Papegaaitje" — little parrot — type takes its collector nickname from the heraldic bird of the colony's arms. The four-leaf branch variety is distinguished from related issues by die, with Scholten cataloguing multiple branch configurations across the 1679 series.