Record ID: YORYM-80CA50
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A probable copper alloy duit of Zeeland, in the Dutch Netherlands dating to the period circa AD 1600 - 1800. By the seventeenth century the Netherlands had become a prosperous country through its shipping trade across Europe and its trade links with the Far East. The United Dutch East India Company (Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie) was formed in 1602 in order to unite various small trade companies which had created commercial links with India and the Far East during the late sixteenth century. With bases in Sri Lanka, India and Indonesia, the Company became a powerful trade organ…
Created on: Tuesday 17th March 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 17th March 2015
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