Netherlands East Indies 1839-J 2 cents
This specimen was lot 72441 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Santa Ana, CA, October 2020), where it sold for $168. The catalog description[1] noted, "NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES. Sumatra. 2 Cents, 1839-J. PCGS AU-55 Gold Shield. A well detailed coin with dark brown patina. Some thinning of the planchet has kept the lower portion from being struck up properly." The Dutch did not issue unified decimal coinage for their colonies in the Indies until the 1850's. Prior to that, each island received its own coinage. Sumatra received one and two cent pieces struck 1833-41 in large numbers. This is a common date.
Recorded mintage: 90,964,000 including 1839-W.
Specifications: 6.18 g, copper, 26 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: KM-291, Scholten 713.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- Peters, T., J. Scheper and J. Mevius, Muntalmanak 2018, 35e editie, Amsterdam: Nederlandse vereniging van munthandelaren, 2017.
- 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.
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