Netherlands East Indies 1802 gulden

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CNG Lissner sale, lot 628

This specimen was lot 628 in Classical Numismatic Group's sale of the Lissner Collection (Chicago, August 2014), where it sold for $3,327.50. The catalog description[1] noted, "MALAY ARCHIPELAGO, Colonial. Nederlands-Oost-Indië (Netherlands East Indies). Bataafse Republiek (Batavian Republic). 1799-1806. AR Gulden. Enkhuizen mint; im: star. Dated 1802. In NGC encapsulation graded MS 66. Highest ever graded. Purchased from Paul Davis, January 1971." This specimen sold for ten times the catalog value. 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.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 10.61 g, 0.917 fine silver, also struck in gold. This specimen is 33 mm diameter, 10.58 g, 12h axis.

Catalog reference: KM 83; Cr 40.2; Schulman 488.

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]Teller, M. Louis, and Victor England, Jr., The Richard Lissner Collection, Lancaster, PA: Classical Numismatic Group, 2014.

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