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# 681Rupee AD 1808 Z Netherlands Indies under French Administrationjava
Java – Netherlands Indies under French Administration (1807-1811) - Louis Napoleon, as King of Holland (1806-1810). Herman Willem Daendels, as Governor General of the Dutch East Indies (1808-1811). Rupee 1808, Mint: Batavia (Jakarta), Silver (ø 31 mm – w. 14.00 g.). Edge: grained right. Scholten 565, Bucknill 472, Mitchiner 3182, KM 214. Rare.

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 1808 below, Z (for the mintmaster of Surabaya, Mons. J. A. Zwekkert) at bottom.

Note:
Herman Willem Daendels arrived in the city of Batavia (now Jakarta) on 5th January 1808, after a long voyage, and relieved the former Governor General, Albertus Wiese. Louis Napoleon was recognised in Java as King of the new Kingdom of Holland in the same year.

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.