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# 682Rupee AH 1668 Z British Occupationjava
Java – British occupation - East India Company (1811-1815/16). Rupee AH 1668 - AS 1740 (AD 1813), Mint: Surabaya, Silver (ø 25 mm – w. 12.35 g.). Edge: grained right. Scholten 592, Bucknill 503, Mitchiner 3287, KM 247.

Obverse:
Javanese legend (Kempni Hingglis jasa hing Sura-pringga = English Company, struck in Surabaya), 5-leaved flower above, date (AS 1740) below, Z (for the mintmaster of Surabaya, Mons. J. A. Zwekkert) at bottom.

Reverse:
Malay-Arabic legend (Hinglish sikkah kompani sanah 1668 djuriba dar djazirat Djawa = Coin of the English Company, year 1668, struck in the Island of Java).

Note:
Error date, AH 1668 for AH 1228.

Web references:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netherlands_Indies_gulden
www.worldofcoins.eu/forum/index.php?topic=504.0

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.