Napoleonic East Indies - 1812

1 Duit

(British Occupation)
Obverse - Napoleonic East Indies - 1 Duit (1812) Reverse - Napoleonic East Indies - 1 Duit (1812)
Obverse - Within a quartered heart 4 letters, one in each quarter: V, E, I, C
Above, B
Reverse - * / JAVA / I8I2
Exergue, Z (Zwekkert, engraver)
Size, 22 mm.
 
Krause mentions that this is one of at least five varieties and that the coinage was issued by the British East India Company during this period.