Java 1814-Z stuiver
This specimen was lot 72608 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, June 2021), where it sold for $336. The catalog description[1] noted, "NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES. Batavian Republic (British interregnum). Stuiver, 1814-Z. PCGS VF-20 Gold Shield. A moderately struck Stuiver as is typical of the type, with brown to red-brown patina and some uneven texture to the reverse fields." This type was struck 1812-15, along with a half stuiver and duit, by the British during their occupation of Java, hence the bale mark of the English East India Company rather than the Dutch VOC. Dutch independence was restored and Java was returned to the Dutch at the Congress of Vienna, much to the chagrin of the local traders, led by Stamford Raffles. Stymied in Java, he went on to establish Singapore.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 12 g, 31 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: KM-243, Scholten-602.
- Peters, T., J. Scheper and J. Mevius, Muntalmanak 2018, 35e editie, Amsterdam: Nederlandse vereniging van munthandelaren, 2017.
- 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.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The June 2021 Collector's Choice sale: World and Ancient Coins, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2021.
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