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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;mkivtt, post: 25895627, member: 42887&quot;]Two Dutch 3 guilder coins, one of which is for the Verenigde Oostindische Compagnie (VOC), or the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_East_India_Company" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_East_India_Company" rel="nofollow">Dutch East India company</a> (who operated in what is nowadays Indonesia). The VOC coins are quite rare.</p><p><br /></p><p>The third coin with the ship is a Dutch scheepjesschelling, a very popular trade type, worth six stuivers (or 30 cents) - one tenth of the 3 guilder coin. The scheepjesschelling is a piedfort (French for &quot;heavy weight&quot;), a rare double-weight strike that was made for presentation purposes, usually for dignitaries and other VIPs. The scheepjesschelling was a very popular trade coin, especially in other countries, and it could buy quite a bit. Imagine the purchasing power of the big 3 guilder coin!</p><p><br /></p><p>Nowadays 30 cents is a joke that gets you nothing.</p><p><br /></p><p>MS62 3 guilder VOC:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1649533[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1649534[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>MS62 West-Friesland 3 guilder:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1649537[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1649538[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>MS64 Zeeland scheepjesschelling:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1649535[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1649536[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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