I just joined e bay the other day after drooling over coins that I could have had if I were a member,now I am.I wanted to test the system first before i spent real money.I bid and won a 1790 VOC colonial penny,that I have no idea what it is. The seller described it as a "duits", aka a New York penny. the VOC is interwined on the obverse with the date below, he claimes it stands for Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie.The reverse has a center shield topped by a crown with a lion on either side all on a horizontal bar. I have tried looking it up,no luck. If anyone can help, I would greatly appreciate it ,thanks.
no i dont i am still trying to figure out how to take and download pix. the seller implied it was dutch.
Actually, Dutch East Indies. Brad Swain, the expert who posted in the linked thread, is a member here (as "Tbirde"), but hasn't been heard from since he posted in this thread a couple of months ago, also about a VOC coin. Brad is one of the most expert collectors I know when it comes to IDing coins.
