Sumatra 1822-S 1/2 stuiver
This specimen was lot 57779 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2024), where it sold for $1,080. The catalog description[1] noted, "NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES. Sumatra. 1/2 Stuiver, 1822-S. William I. PCGS MS-63 Brown." In 1815, the British returned Sumatra and Java to the Dutch at the Congress of Vienna. In exchange, the British retained Singapore and made it their main base in the East Indies. This type was accompanied by one-eighth, quarter and one stuivers and duits. Another half stuiver, also struck 1821-26 (KM 284.2), has "INDIA. BATAV." on the reverse and was probably locally produced. Decimal coinage was introduced in 1833 and made general for the entire colony in 1854.
Recorded mintage: 7,000,000.
Specification: 6 g, copper, 25.5 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: KM-285.
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- 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, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, January 2024 NYINC Auction, featuring the Emilio M Ortiz Collection and a Symphony of Russian Rarities, the Rothschild-Piatigorsky Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2023.
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