Aceh AH 1247 2 kepings
This specimen was lot 75551 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, May 2025), where it sold for $145. The catalog description[1] noted, "NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES. 2 Kepings, AH 1247 (1831). Birmingham (Soho) Mint. PCGS AU-55." This type was struck AH 1247 and AH 1251 and is common in worn condition. It was probably made in Birmingham by Boulton and Watt for British merchants at Singapore. These tokens are marked "نڭري اچه" (Land of Aceh). As the issuers were not authorized to circulate coinage, this was done to obscure and confuse their origin, making it harder for the Dutch to justify confiscating them.
Recorded mintage: unknown. Proofs exist.
Specification: copper, 22 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: KM-Tn2 (listed under "ATJEH"); Prid-40; Sch-1003A.
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- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, May 2025 World Collectors Choice Online Auction: Ancient & World Coins, featuring selections from the Sydney F. Martin Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2025.
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