Dutch East India Company coinage

The company's charter allowed it to have its own military forces, make treaties, and coin its own money.

[2] Writers on the subject distinguish between the types produced in the Netherlands for the company and those issued by it locally in Asia.

[2] Most coins issued for the company carried its distinctive monogram of the interlocked letters "VOC".

[2] They were issued by the local mints of the Netherlands, including Holland, Utrecht, Zeeland, Gelderland and Overijssel.

[5] Foreign coins, including Japanese Koban or Surat rupees, were sometimes countermarked by the company for its own use.

A bronze doit of the Dutch East India Company, depicting the VOC monogram and its date of production on its obverse and the coat of arms of Holland on the reverse .