Netherlands East Indies 1732 duit KM-70
This specimen was lot 45496 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Costa Mesa, CA, August 2021), where it sold for $120. The catalog description[1] noted, "NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES. Holland. Duit, 1732-VOC. PCGS AU-50 Brown Gold Shield. A presentable, evenly worn Duit, with pleasing problem-free fields and a very dark chocolate brown patina throughout." This type was struck in copper 1726, 1730-37, 1742-57, 1764-72, 1776-93 and is cheap. It was also struck 1735-36, 1746-63 in silver and 1726, 1732, 1746-49, 1755-63 in gold. Other provincial duits struck for the East Indies include KM 131, 132, 134, 136 (Westfriesland), KM 150, 152.1, 159 (Zeeland), KM 111 (Utrecht) and KM 50 (Gelderland).
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 3.62 g, copper.
Catalog reference: KM-70.
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- 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 August 2021 ANA sale: World and Ancient Coins, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2021.
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