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NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES: tin tang (5.10g), after 1660, VF

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NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES: tin tang (5.10g), after 1660, VF
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NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES: tin tang (5.10g), after 1660, Sc-20a, 24 x 8mm, United East India Company (VOC) emergency issue in the shape of a larin (i.e., hairpin or fish hook money), both ends counterstamped with a sword intersecting a laurel wreath, some delamination, VF. Due to the shortage of small coins in circulation, the Batavian government decided on November 9, 1658 to produce copper "tangen" in the same shape as the larin circulated across the Indian Ocean. However, as the master swordsmith at Batavia Castle found copper too difficult to work with, it was replaced on May 28, 1660 with tin. Scholten does not give an end date for the latter type. Judging from its rarity, it was likely produced for a similarly brief period and in limited quantities.