Netherlands East Indies 1943-D 2-1/2 gulden
This specimen was lot 3166 in Stephen Album sale 38 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2020), where it sold for $107.10. The catalog description[1] noted, "NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES: Wilhelmina, 1890-1948, AR 2½ gulden, 1943-D, with palm tree privy mark, NGC graded MS63. The Japanese Empire occupied the Netherlands East Indies during World War II from 1942 through 1945. Subsequently, the Dutch Government had the American Government strike bronze and silver coins at the San Francisco, Denver and Philadelphia mints during this time period. TheU.S. Mint in Denver struck some 20 million silver one gulden and 2 million 2½ gulden coins in anticipation of the eventually liberation of the colony from the Japanese." The Dutch may have imagined that they would be welcomed back to their colony, where these coins were intended to be spent, but the locals had other plans. In 1949, the Dutch gave up their attempt to reconquer their colony and Indonesia obtained her independence.
Recorded mintage: 2,000,000.
Specification: 25 g, 0.720 fine silver, 38 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: KM-331.
- Peters, T., J. Scheper and J. Mevius, Muntalmanak 2018, 35e editie, Amsterdam: Nederlandse vereniging van munthandelaren, 2017.
- Scholten, C., The Coins of the Dutch Overseas Territories, 1601-1948, Amsterdam: Jacques Schulman, 1953.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- [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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