Java 1783 rupee
This specimen was lot 643 in Schulman auction 379 (Amsterdam, June 2024), where it did not sell. The catalog description[1] noted,
"PROVINCIALE MUNTEN - Zilveren Javase Ropij 1783, Zilver, Munten op Java geslagen Muntteken / Arabische tekst / jaartal in normale cijfers. Kz. Arabische tekst. Kabelrand.Mt. 5. S. Donkere patina. Fraai +. (Netherlands East Indies, Java silver rupee of 1783. Obverse: Arabic text and date; reverse: Arabic date; cabled edge. Dark toning, fine or better.)"
This type was struck 1765-67 and 1783-88 and is not rare in circulated condition. This type was struck 1764-67, 1783-88. Java, the chief island of Indonesia, was occupied by the British 1811-16. After the Congress of Vienna in 1815, Indonesia was returned to the Dutch but the English kept their colonies in Malaya, especially Singapore.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 13.15 g, 0.833 fine silver, this specimen 12.32 g.
Catalog reference: KM 175.1, Scho. 462a.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- Passon, Tom, Catalogus van de Munten van de Nederlandse Gebieden Overzee, vanaf 1601 tot heden, Apeldoorn, Netherlands, 2022.
- Scholten, C., The Coins of the Dutch Overseas Territories, 1601-1948, Amsterdam: Jacques Schulman, 1953.
- [1]Absil, Eddy, Florentine van Hees, Tim Poelman, Catelijne van den Bosch, Evert Philippeau, Andrew Absil, Schulman sale 379, Amsterdam: Schulman b.v., 2024.
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