| SPECIFICATIONS | |
| Denomination | Two Stuiver |
| Alloy | Copper |
| Type | Struck |
| Diameter | 26. mm |
| Thickness | mm |
| Weight Legal | 26.70 gms |
| Weight | 29.24 gms |
| Shape | round |
| Edge | Dump |
| DieAxis | O° |
| Mint | Jaffna |
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| Schloten 1320a; Mitchiner #2198; Krause #29 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Obverse : I (Jaffna) above VOC monogram between Annulets; Value 2.S. below.
Reverse : Year 1783; Annulet O above; value in Tamil @:y. = 1/2 P (1/2 fanam) below;
Both sides within Rim of dashes.
This coin is 9.5% above legal weight.
Also see the coin with Tamil
letters interchanged and even the variety
listed in Scholten
for this type.
Text from
* Ceylon Coins and Currency By H. W. Codrington. Colombo 1924
Page 134 Chapter X Dutch - Coins of the Eastern Mints. C - Jaffna Plate 137.
* The Coins of the Dutch Overseas Territories- 1601-1948
C. Scholten, 1953, Amsterdam: Jacques Schulman.
I thank Jan Lingen who kindly sent me the 600 dpi scans of this
rare coin from his collection which I have reduced to 300 dpi and
are displayed at 250 dpi.
The image of this coin above is also used in the 2rd Edition of the Krause
18th century Volume.