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50 Rijksdaalder
| Uitgever | Oost-Indische Compagnie (VOC) |
|---|---|
| Jaar | 1805 |
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| Vorm | Rectangular |
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| Beschrijving voorzijde | Letterpress-printed note within a ruled border, carrying the letter designation 'E' and a manuscript serial number at upper right. The Dutch-language body text certifies the bearer's entitlement to 50 Rijksdaalders of 48 stuivers each, or 30 new gecartelde Ducatons of 80 stuivers each, payable at Amboina, Banda, and Ternate without discount and redeemable at Batavia in specie; below the Dutch text, several lines of Malay in Arabic script (Jawi) convey the equivalent obligations. The note is dated 'Amboina in het Kasteel Victoria, den 30. April 1805' with multiple manuscript signatures at lower right, a circular VOC handstamp at lower left, and a manuscript denomination notation 'Rds. 50: of Duc. 30.' at foot. |
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| Beveiligingstype | Watermark, Handstamp |
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| Opmerkingen |
By 1805, the VOC had been legally dissolved for five years — the Batavian Republic formally wound up the company on 1 January 1800, assuming its colossal debts along with its territorial possessions. Notes issued under the VOC name after that date represent the administrative tail end of the liquidation, produced by colonial officials still operating under old institutional frameworks rather than by any functioning trading company.
Amboina-printed issues from this period are among the rarest of all VOC paper — the Moluccan outposts were isolated, the print runs small, and survival rates are exceptionally low. The handstamp was applied locally as a validation or reissue mark, a practice common in colonial outposts where central banking controls were effectively absent.