Netherlands East Indies 1860 1/2 cent
This specimen was lot 654 in Schulman auction 379 (Amsterdam, June 2024), where it sold for €900 (about US$1,157 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"NEDERLANDS-INDISCH GOUVERNEMENT 1816-1949 - 1 Cent 1860, Copper, WILLEM III 1849-1890 Gekroond rijkswapen tussen jaartal, daaronder in het omschrift waardeaanduiding. Kz. waardeaanduiding in het Maleis en Javaans. Mmt. zwaard. Ex. R.L. Lissner Collection Originele muntkleur. Uitzonderlijke kwaliteit voor het type. NGC MS64 RD. FDC. (Netherlands East Indies, copper cent of 1860. Obverse: crowned arms divide the date, value below; reverse: value in Malay and Javanese, sword mintmark. Ex: Lissner collection, original luster, exceptional quality for this type.)"
This is a half cent, not a one cent as catalogued by the auctioneers. This type was struck with various privy marks in large quantities 1855-60, 1902, 1908-09.
Recorded mintage: 107,123,913.
Specification: 2.3 g, copper, 17 mm diameter, plain edge.
Catalog reference: KM 306, Scho. 785.
- 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.
- Peters, T., J. Scheper and J. Mevius, Muntalmanak 2018, 35e editie, Amsterdam: Nederlandse vereniging van munthandelaren, 2017.
- Scholten, C., The Coins of the Dutch Overseas Territories, 1601-1948, Amsterdam: Jacques Schulman, 1953.
- [1]Absil, Eddy, Florentine van Hees, Tim Poelman, Catelijne van den Bosch, Evert Philippeau, Andrew Absil, Schulman sale 379, Amsterdam: Schulman b.v., 2024.
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