Vintage tin with image of a Dutch East India company ship

Vintage tin with Dutch East India company ship. 

Old vintage tin with loose lid and an image of a ship from the Dutch East India Company. Colored red and gold. Tin has a leathered appearance. Standing on four feet. It's in a fine used condition. 

• Height: 6,2 cm. 
• Length: 18 cm. 
• Width: 16 cm. 

The United East India Company, referred to by the British as the Dutch East India Company, or sometimes known as the Dutch East Indies Company, was originally established as a chartered company in 1602, when the Dutch government granted it a 21-year monopoly on the Dutch spice trade.

It is often considered to be the world's first truly transnational corporation and the first company in history to issue bonds and shares of stock to the general public. In other words, the VOC was officially the first publicly traded company of the world, because it was the first company to be ever actually listed on an official stock exchange.

As the first historical model of the quasi-fictional concept of the megacorporation, the VOC possessed quasi-governmental powers, including the ability to wage war, imprison and execute convicts, negotiate treaties, strike its own coins, and establish colonies.