{"product_id":"dutch-east-india-company-voc-silver-coin-pirate-times-slave-trade-2-stuiver","title":"Dutch East India Company VOC SILVER Coin - Pirate Times , Slave trade - 2 Stuiver","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Georgia;\" size=\"5\" face=\"Georgia\"\u003eYou are buying the ONE silver coin as pictured in display box.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Georgia;\" size=\"5\" face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"ux-textspans ux-textspans--BOLD\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: x-large;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"ux-textspans ux-textspans--BOLD\"\u003eSilver coin issued by the Dutch east Indies C\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"ux-textspans ux-textspans--BOLD\"\u003eompany\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003ch4 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eDenomination: 2 Stuiver\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003ch4 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eYear: 1733\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003ch4 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eCoin Diameter: 19mm \u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003ch4 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eMetal: Silver\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Georgia; font-size: x-large;\" size=\"5\" face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003ch4 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eCondition XF\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003ch1 class=\"x-item-title__mainTitle\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"ux-textspans ux-textspans--BOLD\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\" size=\"4\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: normal;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Georgia;\" face=\"Georgia\"\u003eThe United East India Company (Dutch: Verenigde Oostindische Compagnie) abbreviated as \u003cb\u003eVOC\u003c\/b\u003e, Dutch: [veː.oːˈseː]) and commonly known as the Dutch East India Company, was a chartered trading company and the \u003cb\u003efirst joint-stock company in the world\u003c\/b\u003e. Established on 20 March 1602 by the States General of the Netherlands existing companies, it was granted a 21-year monopoly to carry out trade activities in Asia. Shares in the company could be bought by any resident of the United Provinces (Dutch Republic) and then subsequently bought and sold in open-air secondary markets (one of which became the Amsterdam Stock Exchange). The company possessed quasi-governmental powers, including the ability to wage war, imprison and execute convicts, negotiate treaties, strike its own coins, and establish colonies. Also, because it traded across multiple colonies and countries from both the East and the West, the VOC is sometimes considered to have been the world's first multinational corporation.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: x-large;\" size=\"5\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eMyth\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;\" size=\"4\" face=\"Georgia\"\u003eThe Flying Dutchman (Dutch: De Vliegende Hollander) is a legendary ghost ship, allegedly never able to make port, but doomed to sail the seven seas forever. The myths and ghost stories are likely to have originated from the 17th-century Golden Age of the Dutch East India Company (VOC) and of Dutch maritime power. The oldest known extant version of the legend dates from the late 18th century. According to the legend, if hailed by another ship, the crew of the Flying Dutchman might try to send messages to land, or to people long dead. Reported sightings in the 19th and 20th centuries claimed that the ship glowed with a ghostly light. In ocean lore, the sight of this phantom ship functions as a portent of doom. It was commonly believed that the Flying Dutchman was a seventeenth-century cargo vessel known as a fluyt. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;\" size=\"4\" face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;\" size=\"4\" face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;\" size=\"4\" face=\"Georgia\"\u003eLifetime Guarantee \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Georgia; font-size: x-large;\" size=\"5\" face=\"Georgia\"\u003eAnother piece of history in your hands!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Authentic Ancients","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55557174591787,"sku":null,"price":67.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0711\/8753\/0027\/files\/IMG_8245_5a2d88b6-8a6d-43e6-93e3-ac64ab6705d3.jpg?v=1789374967","url":"https:\/\/www.authenticancients.com\/products\/dutch-east-india-company-voc-silver-coin-pirate-times-slave-trade-2-stuiver","provider":"Authentic Ancients ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}