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A RARE Gorgeous Coin From : 1790 Dutch East India Company
VOC "Double Duit" Dutch Colonial

"New York Penny"

This amazing copper "Double Duit" coin was minted over 200 years ago and is similar to the ones used by the Dutch in the era when they bought the island of Manhattan (present-day New York City) for the equivalent of $24 in Dutch coins.
These were brought to the colonies by the Dutch when they settled in New Amsterdam , now New York. Because of that these are called New York pennies. This is an historical coin and it would make a great addition to your collection.

1790 Utrecht City VOC
　
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Crowned provincial arms of Utrecht

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Mintmark

Arms of Utrecht above VOCmonogram 1790

Colonial New York Penny VOC Utrecht
In the 1600’s, the “Golden Age” of Dutch history, the Netherlands became a great sea and colonial power. This was due, in no small part, to the Dutch East India Company (Vereenigde Oostindishche Compagnie, or VOC, in Dutch). The VOC was the first company in the world to issue stock, and by 1669, it had become the richest private company the world had ever seen, with over 150 merchant ships, 40 warships, 50,000 employees, and a private army of 10,000 soldiers. The VOC assumed many of the functions of the government of the Netherlands, including minting coins, which circulated wherever the Dutch settled or traded.