Dutch Suriname
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The Netherlands fell to Germany early in World War II on May 15, 1940, but their Dutch Colonies did not. The Philadelphia, Denver, and San Francisco Mints all struck coins for circulation in Curaçao, Suriname, Netherlands East Indies (now Indonesia), as well as the homeland in anticipation of liberation at the end of the war.
The Philadelphia mint struck all of the coins in 1941, 1942, and 1943 for Curaçao and Suriname. Krause and the U.S. Mint records both indicate that all of these coins were intended for circulation in both colonies with the exception of the 1942-P 10 Cent and the 1943-P One Cent coins which appear to have been struck specifically for Suriname. It is however very likely that all of the coins circulated in both colonies since the inscriptions on the coins do not indicate which colonies they were intended for. Curiously, the 1942-P 10 Cent coins have been labeled as Curaçao and have been included in this Curaçao set while the 1943-P One Cent has not.
All of the Philadelphia issues struck for Curaçao should also be included in this set in order for it to be complete. Please see my "1900-1948, Complete Circulation Issues" Curaçao set (named Curaçao/Suriname) for all of the missing issues from 1941, 1942 and 1943.
A mint mark can be found on all of the coins struck by the U.S. Mint with the exception of the square shaped 5 Cent coin struck by the Philadelphia mint in 1943. In addition to the mint mark, which always appears to the right of the date, there is also a Palm Tree privy mark just to the left of the date. In 1943, 10 Cent and 25 Cent coins of this exact same design were also struck for The Netherlands. The only way to differentiate them from those struck for the colonies is by the acorn privy mark found to the left of the date.
References
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* Foreign coins from U.S. Mint, Coin World, July, 19, 2004, pp. 16, 18. - Overview and history.
* Foreign coins from U.S. Mint, Coin World, August 23, 2004, pp. 18. - Part I of the cataloged issues.
* Foreign coins from U.S. Mint, Coin World, August 30, 2004, pp. 16, 18. - Part II of the cataloged issues.
* Foreign Coins Stuck At United States Mints, by Charles, G. Altz and E.H. Barton,
---- Whitman Publishing Company, Racine, Wisconsin, 1964.
---- (Out of print, but used copies can be found without much difficulty by searching the internet.)
* Domestic and Foreign Coins Manufactured by Mints of the United States 1793-1980,
---- by the Department of the Treasury/Bureau of the Mint
---- and issued by the Government Printing Office Washington in 1981.
* Foreign Coins Struck at Mints in The United States, by Philip Steiner and Michael Zimpfer,
---- Wispering Pines Printing, Indiana, 1974. (Out of Print)
* The U.S. Mint Goes to War, Jeff Starck, Coin World, December 2011, Vol. 52, Issue 2695, pp 135-144
* Standard Catalog of World Coins, Krause Publications, various editions.
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