Siak AH 1251 keping
This specimen was lot 2079 in Stephen Album sale 43 (Santa Rosa, CA, May 2022), where it sold for $240. The catalog description[1] noted, "SIAK: AE keping, AH1251, environmental damage (very light), one-year type, PCGS graded AU Details, ex Joe Sedillot Collection." This token is the only coin listed for this state in east Sumatra. It was probably made in Birmingham by Boulton and Watt. Wikipedia comments, "The Sultanate of Siak Sri Indrapura, often called Sultanate of Siak (Indonesian: Kesultanan Siak Sri Inderapura; Jawi: كسولطانن سياق سري ايندراڤورا), was a kingdom that was located in the Siak Regency, Riau from 1722 to 1949 CE."
Recorded mintage: unknown, but proofs exist.
Specification: copper.
Catalog reference: KM-Tn1, Prid-48.
- 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]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 43, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2022.
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