Duit
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- Etymology
- History
- Nominal value
- Weight and composition
- Dutch expressions
- Legacy
- Bibliography
- References
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200px|thumb|right|Copper duit coin from 1735, with the Dutch East India Company|VOC [[monogram on the obverse and the crowned coat of arms of the Province of Holland on the reverse.]]
The duit () (plural: duiten; ) was an old low-value Dutch copper coin. Struck in the 17th and 18th centuries in the territory of the Dutch Republic, it became an international currency. It held significant importance in both Dutch domestic and colonial trade, particularly in the Dutch East Indies (modern-day Indonesia). The coin had the nominal value of 1/8 stuiver.