在18世纪和19世纪这段时间,中国的移民,特别是来自中国南部海口的移民就已经参与班卡岛的锡矿开采和婆罗洲岛西岸的金矿开采(这两个岛都是前荷兰东印度的一部分),他们以独立村的方式定居,并自发组织形成了大量的政治团体,这种团体被称为公司。在19世纪,这些公司根据中国人的传统发行了硬币,这样他们就拥有了自己的钱 During the 18th and 19th centuries, Chinese immigrants, especially immigrants from the South China Sea, had been involved in tin mining on the island of Banca and gold mining in the western Borneo island (both former Dutch Part of East India) who settled in their own independent village and spontaneously formed a large number of political groups, known as corporations. In the 19th century, these companies issued coins according to the Chinese tradition, so they had their own money