Dutch East India Co. | Copper Duit Ancient and some of its issues

and some of its issues continued to circulate well after the fall of the empire

Bronze denominations like the as

such as the widely used 7

Venetian bronze torneselo coins were small-denomination copper or billon (low-silver content) coins minted by the Republic of Venice

and ecstasy

Dutch East India Co. | Copper Duit Ancient and some of its issuesHistory of the Artifact These copper duit coins were issued by the Dutch East India Company (VOC), one of historys most powerful trading entities, which controlled vast portions of global trade during the 17th and 18th centuries. The coins, minted in VOC controlled locations such as Batavia (modern day Jakarta), Ceylon (modern day Sri Lanka), and the Cape of Good Hope, feature the distinctive VOC monogram and the date of minting on the obverse, with