Owner Comments:
Netherlands East Indies - 1945D 1 Cent - KM #317 - Mintage: 133,800,000
Composition: Bronze
Weight:.......... 4.8000g
Diameter:...... 23mm
Edge:............. Plain
The obverse identifies the coins as having been minted for NEDERLANDSCH INDIE in 1945 by the Denver mint, the D mint mark appearing just below the date on the right side. A palm tree privy mark also appears on the coin on the left side between the denomination of "1 Ct" and the "N" of NEDERLANDSCH. The palm tree privy mark was used on all dutch colonial coins minted by the US mints from 1941 through 1945. An acorn privy mark was used on cons minted for the Dutch homeland of the Netherlands during those years. In only one case was the privy mark actually necessary to differentiate where the coin was intended to circulate. There is no need to make that distinction on the coins struck for the Dutch East Indies, but the palm tree privy mark appears on every design struck for Dutch colonies by the US mints. The only other obverse design element is most likely a rice panicle which surrounds the center hole.
The reverse of this coin is predominately in Javanese script, but also Arabic script which phonetically reads from Indonesian 'Syukur pada Allah', above the hole, and 'Rupiah' below the hole. Translated to English, 'give thanks to God' and 'rupiah', the unit of currency still used in Indonesia today. The flowers at the bottom of the reverse may be Jasmine Sambac, but I am not absolutely certain of that.
One other odd thing about these coins is their die orientation. The One Cent coins were minted with medalic rotation while ALL other coins minted for the Netherlands and the Dutch colonies of Curacao, Suriname, and the Netherlands East Indies were minted with Coin rotation.
There are four of these coins graded by NGC as RED, two in MS65RD, and two in MS67RD for this date. Unfortunately, this one was placed in the holder backwards!
Date acquired: 2/1/2012 (Already graded by NGC)
Rev. 5/10/2016