Madura Island (1814) real batu

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Stack's Bowers 2023 NYINC sale, lot 40361
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This specimen was lot 40361 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2023), where it sold for $240. The catalog description[1] noted, "NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES. Madura Islands - Mexico. Sultanate of Sumenep. Real Batu (8 Reales), ND (ca. 1814). Sultan Paku Nata Ningrat. PCGS GOOD-06, Countermark: VF Details. Countermark: Arabic script within rectangle indent. Applied to the reverse of an undated Mexico City, Mexico Cob 8 Reales, presumably of Philip V (KM-47a). From the David Sterling Collection." The Dutch hold on the East Indies at this point was weak and the British captured Batavia more than once during the Napoleonic Wars. Dutch control was restored at the Congress of Vienna and was steadily expanded to include all of what is now Indonesia. This counterstamp, applied by a local despot on Madura Island off Java, is found on various Dutch, Austrian and Mexican silver coins circulating in the area.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: host coin 27.07 g, 0.917 fine silver; this specimen 26.64 g.

Catalog reference: KM-197.

Source:

  • Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
  • 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]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The January 2023 NYINC Auction: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, featuring the Taraszka Collection and the Mark and Dottie Salton Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2022.

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