OLD COLONIAL NEW YORK TWO PENNY DUTCH VOC DUIT US COIN

1790 VOC DUIT DUTCH NEW YORK TWO PENNY

FROM UTRECHT, NETHERLANDS

 VOC WAS THE INITIALS OF THE DUTCH EAST INDIA SHIPPING
COMPANY IN WHICH HENRY HUDSON WAS AN EMPLOYEE
WHEN HE DISCOVERED MANHATTAN ON SEPTEMBER 11, 1609
AND EXPLORED MAINE, CAPE COD AND SAILED SOME
DISTANCE UP THE HUDSON RIVER, WHICH NOW BEARS
HIS NAME. THE DUTCH WOULD LATER CLAIM THIS AREA
AND ESTABLISH A COLONY AS NEW AMSTERDAM,
THOUGH IT IS SAID THAT HUDSON HIMSELF GAVE THE
 NAME STATEN ISLAND (DUTCH: STAATEN EYLANDT) TO THAT
 PART OF WHAT IS NOW NEW YORK, IN HONOR OF THE
STATES-GENERAL OR PARLIAMENT OF THE NETHERLANDS.

THE OBVERSE PICTURES TWO RAMPANT LIONS
HOLDIN UP THE CROWNED SHIELD, WHICH IS THE
WAPEN (COAT OF ARMS) OF UTRECHT.

THE REVERSE IS THE VOC LOGO WITH A
STAR MINT MARK.
 COIN IS IN FINE COND, 25mm (1 INCH)

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