194 COINS FROM MALACCA. 
2. The Dutch, French and English Coins. 
The Dutch during their possession of Malacca (1641-1795, 
and 1818-1824) never minted any coins especially for that place, 
but naturally used the coinage current in Java. That island 
has changed its rulers several times since the end of the six- 
teenth century, viz : 
(1594-1602: Compagnie van Verre te Amsterdam. 
(1597-1602: Compagnie van Verre te Middlebury. 
1602-1799: Vereenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie 
1800-1807: Batavian Republic. 
1807-1811: French Government. 
1811-1816: British Government. 
1816 : Dutch Government. 
Coins belonging to four of these epochs were discovered at _ 
Malacca. 
The two Companies van Verre seem to have issued silver 
coins only, but none are in the collection. 
The Dutch East India Company issued gold, silver and 
copper coins. ‘The first copper coins were minted in 1644, but 
in the Malacca collection which contains no gold or silver coins, 
the earliest copper coins date from 1729. From the fact. that 
the earliest copper coin figured by Netscher and Chijs (73) dates 
from 1726 we may conclude that still earlier ones are rare in 
numismatic collections. 
The Batavian Republic issued gold, silver and copper coins, 
but the collection does not contain any. The Raffles Museum, 
however, possesses a copper coin of that period. The obverse 
shows the Dutch coat-of-arms consisting of a crowned shield 
enclosing a lion rampart, with the figures 5 and ,}, to the right 
and left of the shield respectively. The reverse bears the 
inscription INDIA) BATAY. 1802. 
The French Government issued silver and copper coins, 
and two of the latter were found at Malacca. 
The British Government issued gold, silver, copper and 
lead coins during its occupation of Java, but the Malacca collec- 
tion contained none of them. The Raffles Museum, however, 
possesses silver Rupees of the years 1812 and 1816, half Rupees 
of 1818, copper Stuivers of 1814, half Stuivers of all the years 
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