| SPECIFICATIONS | |
| Denomination | Two Stuiver |
| Alloy | Copper |
| Type | Struck |
| Diameter | 26. mm |
| Thickness | mm |
| Weight Legal | 26.70 gms |
| Shape | round |
| Edge | Dump |
| DieAxis | O° |
| Mint | Jaffna |
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| Schloten 1320a; Mitchiner #2198; Krause #29 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Obverse : I (Jaffna) above VOC monogram between Annulets; Value 2.S. below.
Reverse : Year 1783; Annulet O above; value in Tamil @:y. = 1/2 P (1/2 fanam) below;
Both sides within Rim of dashes.
| KM29 | S1320a | RR | 1783 | The monogram between 0-0, : between Tamil letters and . after latter. Annulet o above date. iRm of dashes. |
| KM29 | S1320b | RR | 1783 | larger Tamil letters, no dot after them |
| KM29 | S1320c | RR | 1783 | monogram between .-. Rev. . above date and . between Tamil letters, dotted rim |
| KM29 | S1320d | RR | 1783 | similar, . after date |
| KM29 | S1320e | RRR | 1783 | monogram with 0 0 in lieu of 0 C |
| KM29 | S1321a | RRR | 1784 | '.. between Tamil letters |
| KM29 | S1322 | RRRR | 1786 | (over 1783) [1 Moquette Sale (1929) No.320 only.] |
| KM29 | S1323 | RRRR | 1787 | with two dots above and one dot under the 8, 7 upside down |
| KM29 | S1325a | RR | 1792 | with <:.>-+ and: 2 S (2 S divided by a short upright stroke); dot after date |
| KM29 | S1325c | RR | 1792 | as a with 2.S |
See also companion list of Jaffna 2 Stiver coins with Tamil letters interchanged.
To the end of their rule the Dutch had a special system for counting taxes at Jaffna: 5 doits = 1 tammekas; 10 tammekas = 1 fanam; 12 fanams = 1 rixdollar.
Minting in Jaffna as was also done at Galle, was under the supervision of the local employees of the Company. The text is in Tamil which had been the vernacular of Jaffna, in the North of Lanka, for centuries. Sinhala was used on the coins minted in Galle in the South of the Island.
The Stuivers were struck in accordance with the weight of the Stuivers of Colombo. The minting of Dudus anywhere but at Colombo was disapproved of by Batavia. Since, however, the Mint at Colombo was already overtaxed and it had to rush to be able to supply Jaffna and Galle with coining material before the end of the sailing season.
Tin Double Stuiver. Jaffna 1783.
| KM29a | S1333* | RRRR | Double Stuiver | 1783 | Obv. VOC between <&>-<&>, below I (Jaffna), above 2.S. Rev. 1783 over which <&>, below in Tamil the value '8~salli" = 8 doits. Rim of dashes on both obv. and rev. |
Text from
* Ceylon Coins and Currency By H. W. Codrington. Colombo 1924
Page 134 Chapter X Dutch - Coins of the Eastern Mints. C - Jaffna Plate 137.
* The Coins of the Dutch Overseas Territories- 1601-1948
C. Scholten, 1953, Amsterdam: Jacques Schulman.
The images are from Scholten, scanned and 100dpi and displayed at 200dpi.