Willem I of Nederland - 1/4 Stuiver 1826 Netherlands East Indies

Country: Indonesia › Netherlands East Indies (1601-1949) 
King William I (1816-1840)
Type: Standard circulation coin
Years: 1826 (1822-1836) 
Value: ¼ Stuiver (1⁄96)
Currency: Gulden (1726-1854)
Composition: Copper
Weight: 1.8 g.
Diameter: 21 mm
Thickness: 0.7 mm
Grade: XF
Shape: Round
Mintage: 208,000,000
Orientation: Medal alignment ↑↑
Reference: KM# 287

Obverse:
Crowned States General arms divides value.
NOTE: Two varieties known.

Lettering: 1/4 ST.

Reverse:
Inscription, date below.

Lettering:
★
NEDERL
INDIE
1826
S

Edge:
Plain.

Mint:
Royal Dutch Mint (Koninklijke Nederlandse Munt), Utrecht, Netherlands (1010-date).

Comments:
Varieties exist, because different dies were used.

There are English counterfeits known for the 1/4 Stuiver coins of 1826 and 1836. The 1826 counterfeits with a beaded rim are KM# Tn6 (Sumatra / Singapore Merchants / Token Coinage) and Singh# 12 (Singapore / Group C: Imitations).

Referencia : KM# 287

Colección : World Coins