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INDONESIA: BORNEO: Da Gang, 1822-1854, tin cash (5.53g), Montrado region, AU-UNC

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INDONESIA: BORNEO: Da Gang, 1822-1854, tin cash (5.53g), Montrado region, AU-UNC
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450.00USD+ buyer's premium (90.00)
This item SOLD at 2024 Jan 20 @ 17:04UTC-8 : PST/AKDT
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INDONESIA: BORNEO: Da Gang, 1822-1854, tin cash (5.53g), Montrado region, Millies-258, da gang gong si // he shun (referring to the He Shun Gongsi Federation), excellent casting with razor-sharp details and light luster, rare in this condition, AU-UNC, R. After several wars, the independence of the Heshun Gongsi Federation ended with the surrender of the Da Gang Gongsi to the Dutch in July 1854. After the surrender the majority of the gongsi cash were melted down. A paper has been published in the Numismatic Chronicle 1993, pp.171-196, and a hitherto unknown piece has been described in the Newsletter no.143 (1995), pp.15-16, of the Oriental Numismatic Society by Dr. T. D. Yih.