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[[Image:SB421-51276o.jpg|300px|thumb|Stack's Bowers April 2021 Hong Kong sale, lot 51276]]
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This specimen was lot 51276 in Stack's Bowers Hong Kong auction (Hong Kong, April 2021), where it sold for $5,280. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, [[Netherlands East Indies|NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES]]. Java. Rupee, "AH 1668" [AH 1228] (1813/4). NGC MS-64. Quite alluring and shimmering, this attractive near-Gem offers a pleasing tone and quality that is virtually unheard of. Compare to a PCGS MS-63, which realized a total of $3,720 in June 2018." Java, the chief island of Indonesia, was occupied by the British 1811-16. This rupee was struck by them AH 1228-1229 along with a half rupee while they held the island. After the Congress of Vienna in 1815, Indonesia was returned to the Dutch but the English kept their colonies in Malaya, especially Singapore.

''Recorded mintage:'' unknown.

''Specification:'' 13.15 g, 0.792 fine silver. 

''Catalog reference:'' KM-247a. 

''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''
* 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, 35<sup>e</sup> 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.
* <sup>[1]</sup>Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, ''The April 2021 Hong Kong Auction'', Costa Mesa, CA: [http://www.stacksbowers.com Stack's Bowers LLC], 2021.

''Link to:''
* [[Netherlands East Indies 1802 gulden]]
* [[Java 1805-Z 1/2 rupee]]
* [[Java 1806-Z rupee]]
* [[Java 1809 duit]], struck for Louis Napoleon
* [[Java 1810-Z 1/2 stuiver]]
* [[Java 1814 duit]]
* [[Java 1814-Z stuiver|1814-Z stuiver]]
* [[Java AH1230 rupee]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1813]]

[[Category:Selections from the Stack's Bowers 2021 Hong Kong sale]]