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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;coinD, post: 779071, member: 22523&quot;]<b>that coin</b></p><p><br /></p><p>Thats a VOC Druit( VOC being the Logo of the Amsterdam chamber of the Dutch East India Company (<i>Vereenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie</i> or VOC in Dutch, literally &quot;United East Indian Company). </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>That the worlds first multi-national company with governmental powers (it could mint coins as part of its powers. The coin shown above was used for settling international trade debts - so they&#039;d use those to pay debts to spice sellers in india and asia for example. There were other coins which they introduced for civilian use, so those could either be exchanged for regular money or used to purchase guns etc, if permitted. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>They&#039;re not worth much surprisingly - but thats cause they&#039;re fairly common - people still dig them up from sunken ships and buried chests etc, </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I have one in the exact same condition and only paid $10 AUD or so - a damn cool addition to the collection though. Especially since I&#039;m working on my dutch additions now.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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