Negapatam (1695) stuiver
This specimen was lot 2812 in Steve Album Auction 51 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2025), where it sold for $216. The catalog description[1] noted, "DUTCH INDIA: AE stuiver 28.85 g, Negapatnam, ND (1695), Dutch East India Company issue, Kali figure standing // Tamil text, bold strike, incorrectly called a 2 stuiver on the PCGS label, PCGS graded EF40, ex Solar Collection. Struck at the Dutch Mint in Negapatnam for use in Ceylon." The Portuguese were the first Europeans to land in Ceylon and they quickly seized the coast but were unable to subdue the interior. The Dutch ousted the Portuguese in 1638 but were also unable to conquer the entire island. Fearing French control, the British occupied the Dutch holdings in 1796, which occupation was made permanent by the Treaty of Amiens in 1802. The town of Negapatam, on the Coromandel coast of India, was held by the Dutch 1658-1781.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specifications: copper, 25.7-28.2 g.
Catalog reference: KM-28, Scholten-1244.
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
- 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]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 51, featuring the Howard Daniel III Collection of Asian Coins, the Almer H. Orr III Collection of World Coins and the Joe Sedillot Collection of German Coins, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2024.
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