Ceylon 1789-G 2 stuiver
This specimen was lot 1201 in Steve Album Auction 55 (Santa Rosa, CA, May 2026), where it sold for $336. The catalog description[1] noted, "CEYLON (DUTCH): AE 2 stuiver, Galle, 1789-G, , Netherlands East India Company issue, VOC monogram, G above, 2 S below // Western date above Sinhalese i 2 ("2 stuivers"), wonderful brown patina, accompanied by collector's information card, XF, ex Anton Holt Collection." 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, 1787-92 in the last years of Dutch rule. Galle is a port on the southwest coast.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specifications: 25.2 g, copper, 29.3 mm diameter, this specimen is 27.29 g.
Catalog reference: KM-30, Scholten-1337.
- 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 Hanbing Feng, Auction 55, featuring Selections from the Swamperbob Gurney Collection of Cap & Ray 8 Reales, the Kenneth A. Bovenkamp Collection of Ottoman Coins and the 1914 Collection of World Coins, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2026.
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