Brunei AH 1304 cent

Heritage sale 3030, lot 23228

photo courtesy Heritage Auction Galleries

This specimen was lot 23228 in Heritage sale 3030 (New York, January 2014), where it sold for $3,290. The catalog description^[1] noted, "Sultanate Proof Cent AH1304 (1887), PR64 Red Brown NGC, highly attractive with red-orange mint luster and flashy reflective surfaces. Rare in Proof, this is the first example we have seen." This is the only milled coinage recorded for the sultanate in the nineteenth century. It is not rare in circulated condition but the proofs are very rare.

Recorded mintage: 1,000,000.

Specification: 9.05 g, copper, 28.83 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM 3.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• ^[1]Bierrenbach, Cristiano, Warren Tucker and David Michaels, Heritage World and Ancient Coins Auction 3030, featuring the RLM Collection, the Isaac Rudman Collection, the Hans Cook Collection and the Collection of Donald E. Bently, Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2013.

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