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Message:: [QUOTE="Conder101, post: 779567, member: 66"]They get listed that way a lot on eBay, but these coins were actually issued and used in the area around Indonesia on the other side of the world from New York.  While some may have made their way their it was a very small number compared to the number made.  What confuses people is that these coins were made for the Dutch EAST Indies while New York and the Dutch possessions in the Carribean were the Dutch WEST Indies.  Lots of people know that New York was originally part of the "Dutch Indies" and they don't know about their possessions on the other side of the world  So they find out these are "Dutch Indies" coins and say "Oh these were for New York!"  Most of these coins are from the 1770's to the 1790's, but the Dutch lost control of New York in 1674 almost 100 years before these coins were struck.  They have no connection to New York at all.[/QUOTE]