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# 679Rupee AD 1805 Z Batavian Republicjava Java – Batavian Republic (1799-1806). Rupee 1805, Mint: Batavia (Jakarta), Silver (ø 31 mm – w. 13.23 g.). Edge: grained right. Scholten 532, Bucknill 417, Mitchiner 3182, KM 214.
Obverse: Malay-Arabic legend (Derham fi - al Kompani al - Wilandawi = Money of the Company of Hollanders).
Reverse: Malay-Arabic legend (Ila djazirat Djawa al-Kabir = For the Island of Great Java), 4 dots cross above, year 1805 below, Z (for the mintmaster of Surabaya, Mons. J. A. Zwekkert) at bottom.
Web references: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netherlands_Indies_gulden
Literature: Bucknill J. – The Coins of the Dutch East Indies – Spink & Son Ltd., London, UK, 1931. Krause C. and Mishler C. – Standard Catalog of World Coins 1801-1900 – Krause Publications, 4th Edition, Usa, 2004. Mitchiner M. – Oriental Coins and their values / Non-Islamic States and Western Colonies / AD 600-1979 – Hawkins Pub., London, 1979. Scholten C. – The Coins of the Dutch Overseas Territories, 1601-1948 – Jacques Schulman, Amsterdam, 1953.