Ceylon 1783-G 2 stuiver

Stephen Album sale 38, lot 2988

This specimen was lot 2988 in Stephen Album sale 38 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2020), where it sold for $202.30. The catalog description^[1] noted, "CEYLON (DUTCH): AE 2 stuiver, Galle mint, 1783-G, Dutch East India Company (VOC) issue, good strike for type, EF." The Portuguese were the first Europeans to land in Ceylon and they quickly seized the coast but were unable to subdue the interior. The Dutch ousted the Portuguese in 1638 but were also unable to conquer the entire island. Fearing French control, the British occupied the Dutch holdings in 1796, which occupation was made permanent by the Treaty of Amiens in 1802. This type was struck 1783-92 in the last years of Dutch rule. Galle is a port on the southwest coast.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 25.25 g, copper, 29-30 mm diameter, this specimen 27.41 g.

Catalog reference: KM-30.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
• 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 38, featuring the Dabestani Collection of Persian Coins, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2020.

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