Netherlands East Indies 1914 1/2 cent

Steve Album sale 38, lot 3162

This specimen was lot 3162 in Stephen Album sale 38 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2020), where it sold for $59.50. The catalog description^[1] noted, "NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES: Wilhelmina, 1890-1948, AE ½ cent, 1914, much original red mint luster, NGC graded MS63 RB." This is the first year of the type, which was also struck in 1916, 1921, 1932-33.

Recorded mintage: 50,000,000.

Specification: 2.3 g, bronze, 17 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM-314, Scholten 899.

Source:

• Peters, T., J. Scheper and J. Mevius, Muntalmanak 2018, 35^e 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.
• 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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