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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 217224, member: 2844&quot;]Although the 1668 one doesn&#039;t look convincing to me, that year was significant for the VOC. Which could be why it was put on a possible fake. </p><p>In 1668 the VOC signed a treaty with the sultan of Makassar (in Sulawesi, now Indonesia), in which the sultan agreed that all Portuguese had to leave the important trading town of Makassar. This meant that from then on the Dutch had a monopoly on the clove trade, all-important in the international spice trade.</p><p>But if 1668, or any other year, was significant, wouldn&#039;t it be put on the front of the plate?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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