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SUMATRA: AE keping, 1804/AH1219. PCGS MS63

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / World Coins - Asia & Middle-East Start Price:85.00 USD Estimated At:100.00 - 150.00 USD
SUMATRA: AE keping, 1804/AH1219. PCGS MS63
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280.00USD+ (56.00) buyer's premium + applicable fees & taxes.
This item SOLD at 2021 Sep 19 @ 10:35UTC-7 : PDT/MST
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SUMATRA: AE keping, 1804/AH1219, KM-Tn1, Prid-1, Singapore merchant token, struck from worn dies, PCGS graded MS63 BN. Singapore merchant tokens circulated in the Netherlands East Indies, as that was the intention of the issuers. These were forbidden to circulate by the Dutch authorities although they didn't offer an alternative, so the ban had little effect. Most have evasive inscriptions, notably dates and region names. All circulated indiscriminately among the islands as well as in Singapore, regardless of the area name on them and regardless of whether the area is today in Indonesia or Malaysia. Many of these types were struck at the Birmingham Mint circa 1829-1853.