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4 Duiten "Papegaaitje" Branch with 3 leaves

Features

Issuer Suriname
Type Standard circulation coins
Year 1679
Value 4 Duit (4 Duiten) (1⁄40)
Currency Guilder (16th century-1817)
Composition Copper
Diameter 20 mm
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
101511
References KM# 6
Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes).
, Scho# 1434b
Cornelis Scholten; 1951. De munten van de Nederlandsche Gebiedsdelen Overzee 1601-1948 = The Coins of the Dutch Overseas Territories 1601-1948. Jacques Schulman, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
, CNO# 75.2
Tom Passon; 2022. Catalogus van de Munten van de Nederlandse Gebieden Overzee: Vanaf 1601 tot Heden = Catalog of the coins of the Dutch overseas territories. Self-published, Apeldoorn, Netherlands.

Obverse

Parrot standing on branch with 3 leaves left
Date below

Script: Latin

Lettering:
4
AM · 1679

Unabridged legend: Anno Mundi

Translation: Year of the World

Reverse

Ornamental tree surrounded by dashes.

Edge

Plain

Comments

These 1, 2, and 4 duit coins were initially produced with the value of 1, 2 or 4 pounds of sugar respectively, but were illegal. In 1688 they were legalized and got the value of one or multiple duit.

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