Copper 1/8 stuiver (1/2 duit), 1825, Dutch East Indies (KM #286)

Description

Star above NEDERL / INDIE, date (1825) and mintmark (S) below / Crowned States General coat of arms dividing the value "1/8 - St". 18mm, 1.06 grams. Utrecht mint. Krause #286 (incorrectly described).
In 1596, a four-ship expedition led by Cornelis de Houtman was the first Dutch contact with Java. By the end of the 18th century the Dutch had extended their influence over the sultanates of the interior (see Dutch East India Company in Indonesia). Internal conflict prevented the Javanese from forming effective alliances against the Dutch. Remnants of the Mataram survived as the Surakarta (Solo) and Yogyakarta principalities. Javanese kings claimed to rule with divine authority and the Dutch helped them to preserve remnants of a Javanese aristocracy by confirming them as regents or district officials within the colonial administration.
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