Netherlands East Indies 1756 1/2 duit KM-72
This specimen was lot 1396 in Steve Album Auction 51 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2025), where it sold for $2,400. The catalog description[1] noted, "NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES: Dutch Republic, AR 1/2 duit, Gelderland, 1756, United East India Company (VOC) issue, a superb lustrous specimen example! PCGS graded Specimen 65." This type was struck in gold 1750, 1755-63, in silver 1755-63 and in copper 1749-54 and 1769-70. Utrecht was the only province to strike half duits (KM 112.1) for circulation in 1756. The collapse of the United Provinces during the French Revolution ended the issue.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specifications: KM 52: 1.36 g, copper, 17.5 mm diameter; KM 72a: 1.38 g, silver; KM 72b: 1.74 g, 0.986 fine gold.
Catalog reference: KM 52 (copper), KM-72a (silver), KM 72b (gold).
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- Scholten, C., The Coins of the Dutch Overseas Territories, 1601-1948, Amsterdam: Jacques Schulman, 1953.
- van der Wis, Jan, and Tom Passon, Catalogus van de Nederlandse Munten geslagen sind bet aantreden van Philips II tot aan het einde van de Bataafse Republiek (1555-1806), 2nd ed., Apeldoorn, Netherlands: Omni-Trading b.v., 2009.
- [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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