Java 1814 duit

Steve Album sale 38, lot 1327

This specimen was lot 1327 in Stephen Album sale 38 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2020), where it sold for $333.20. The catalog description^[1] noted, "JAVA: British Occupation, 1811-1815, cent, 1814, East India Company issue, some oxidation spots and pits, two-year type in tin, still attractive, About Unc." Java, the chief island of Indonesia, was occupied by the British 1811-16. This duit was struck by them 1813-14 while they held the island. After the Vienna Congress in 1815, Indonesia was returned to the Dutch but the English kept their colonies in Malaya, especially Singapore. This type is common in low grade. The enormous mintage noted below, if accurate, must have taken several years to produce, even in Boulton and Watt's mint where this was likely made.

Recorded mintage: 33,656,279.

Specification: 5.74 g, tin.

Catalog reference: KM-244.

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 2014, 31^e editie, Amsterdam: Nederlandse vereniging van munthandelaren, 2013.
• 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]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.

Link to:

• Java 1810 duit, struck for Louis Napoleon
• Java AH 1228-Z rupee
• Java AH1230 rupee
• 1814-Z stuiver
• Coins and currency dated 1814