fwo_733286 - NETHERLANDS INDIES 1 Fanam N.D. Negapatam
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Price : 135.00 €
Type : 1 Fanam
Date: N.D.
Mint name / Town : Negapatam
Quantity minted : -
Metal : gold
Diameter : 6,38 mm
Weight : 0,33 g.
Edge : lisse
Obverse
Obverse description : figure humaine de type Tanjore.
Reverse
Reverse description : formes géométriques.
Commentary
Negapatam (actuelle ville de Nagapattinam) est une ville indienne située sur la côte du Tamil Nadu. Possession portugaise, elle est prise par les Hollandais en 1660.
Historical background
NETHERLANDS INDIES
In 1602, the Vereenigde Ooste Indishe Compagnie (United East India Company) abbreviated as VOC was founded, which obtained the monopoly of trade in the Indian Ocean. It establishes counters, raises troops and maintains a fleet. Badly managed, the VOC is also worn down by competition and wars with the British. It loses Ceylon and is reinforced in the area of present-day Indonesia. The VOC went bankrupt in 1798 and its assets were taken over by the Batavian Republic and then by the Kingdom of the Netherlands. Occupied between 1943 and 1945 by Japanese troops, the Dutch failed to restore their sovereignty over the archipelago and had to concede independence in 1949.
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