Java 1797 2 stuivers
This specimen was lot 644 in Schulman auction 379 (Amsterdam, June 2024), where it sold for €70 (about US$90 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"PROVINCIALE MUNTEN - 2 Stuiver-bonk 1797, Copper, Munten op Java geslagen In rechthoekige parelrand 2: S:. Kz. jaartal in rechthoekige parelrand. S Iets decentrisch geslagen. NGC XF45 BN. Zeer fraai +. (Netherlands East Indies, copper bonk two stuiver of 1797, struck in Java. Obverse: value in pearled frame; reverse: date in pearled frame. Scarce, struck slightly off center, graded NGC XF45 BN, very fine or better.)"
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. This type, a locally made product, was hammered 1796-98 and is not rare in low grade.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 46.32 g, copper.
Catalog reference: KM 181, Scho. 475.
- 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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