Triton XVIII, Lot: 1642. Estimate $200. Sold for $750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

LOW COUNTRIES, Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden (Dutch Republic). Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie (Dutch East India Company). 1602-1800. Proof AR Doit (22mm, 4.13 g, 12h). Utrecht mint; mm: coat-of-arms. Dated 1742. Crowned coat-of-arms with lion supporters; all set on ground line / Large Dutch East India Company monogram; above, pellets flanking coat-of-arms; 1742 below. Edge: \\\\\. Scholten 321; cf. N&C 21e (example in copper). Superb EF, lustrous. Rare.

From the Joseph R Lasser Collection for the benefit of The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. Ex Downie-Lepczyk 64 (2 December 1985), lot 542.