Sintang ND gulden
This specimen was lot 1161 in Steve Album Auction 53 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2025), where it sold for $540. The catalog description[1] noted, "SINTANG: AR gulden, quincunx countermark on West Friesland 1793 AR gulden, tentatively attributed to the Sintang Sultanate in West Kalimantan, deeply toned over porous surfaces, but still attractive, possibly a shipwreck find, very rare, VF." The Sintang Sultanate was a Muslim state that operated in the interior of Borneo 1672-1947, when it was absorbed by the independent state of Indonesia. We don't know when, or if, the area was conquered by the Dutch.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: host coin 10.61 g, 0.920 fine silver, this specimen 10.59 g.
Catalog reference: cf. Zeno-330071, KM-unlisted.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- [1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Hanbing Feng, Auction 53, featuring Selections from the Dr. Robert A. Rosenfeld, Almer H. Orr III, Dr. Dirk Loer and Joe Sedillot Collections, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2025.
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