Netherlands East Indies 1753 duit KM-152.3

Stack's Bowers October 2020 Collectors Choice sale, lot 72451

This specimen was lot 72451 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Santa Ana, CA, October 2020), where it sold for $144. The catalog description^[1] noted, "NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES. United East India Company. Duit, 1753. Zeeland Mint. PCGS AU-50 Gold Shield. A decently struck, wholesome, and well centered Duit with a very dark, almost charcoal patina." This duit, struck with the arms of Zeeland, was issued 1753-92. It varied from the prior KM 152.2 by deleting the dots bracketing the date. Holland, Westfriesland, Gelderland and Utrecht also struck duits for the East Indies. Presentation strikes exist in silver and gold but not for this type. The collapse of the United Provinces during the French Revolution ended the issue.

Recorded mintage: unknown but common.

Specification: 3.62 g, copper.

Catalog reference: KM-152.3.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
• van der Wis, Jan, and Tom Passon, Catalogus van de Nederlandse Munten geslagen sind bet aantreden van Philips II tot aan het einde van de Bataafse Republiek (1555-1806), 2nd ed., Apeldoorn, Netherlands: Omni-Trading b.v., 2009.
• Scholten, C., The Coins of the Dutch Overseas Territories, 1601-1948, Amsterdam: Jacques Schulman, 1953.
• ^[1]Orsini, Matt, Richard Ponterio and Kyle Ponterio, The October 2020 Collector's Choice sale: World and Ancient Coins, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2020.

Links to:

• 1752 duit, Zeeland mint
• 1755 duit, struck in silver, Holland mint
• 1755 duit, Westfriesland mint
• 1756 duit, Zeeland mint
• 1762 duit, struck in silver, Holland mint
• 1764 duit, struck in silver, Utrecht mint
• Coins and currency dated 1753