Netherlands East Indies 1790 1/2 duit KM-56

Stack's Bowers October 2020 Collectors Choice sale, lot 72444

This specimen was lot 72444 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Santa Ana, CA, October 2020), where it sold for $384. The catalog description^[1] noted, "NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES. United East India Company. 1/2 Duit, 1790. NGC MS-61 Brown. A well struck coin with glossy surfaces, very dark brown patina, and a die crack running through the obverse legend." This is a one year type with Gelderland arms. The year also saw half duits from Utrecht (KM 112.3). Westfriesland, Zeeland and Holland also struck half duits but not in 1790. Later half duits were issued in the name of the Batavian Republic.

Recorded mintage: unknown but a common date.

Specification: copper.

Catalog reference: KM-56.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
• 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.
• 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, Richard Ponterio and Kyle Ponterio, The October 2020 Collector's Choice sale: World and Ancient Coins, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2020.

Links to:

• 1761 half duit, struck in silver, Utrecht mint
• 1789 half duit, Gelderland mint
• 1790 duit, Utrecht mint
• 1790 duit, Zeeland mint
• 1790 gulden, Westfriesland mint, with Madura Island counterstamp
• Netherlands East Indies 1803 1/2 duit
• Coins and currency dated 1790