Triton XIX, Lot: 2581. Estimate $1500. Sold for $6500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MALAY ARCHIPELAGO, Colonial. Nederlands-Oost-Indië (Netherlands East Indies). Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie (Dutch East India Company). 1603-1800. AV ‘Halve Duit’ (19mm, 1.74 g, 12h). Dordrecht mint; mm: rosette. Dated 1758. Crowned coat-of-arms / VOC monogram. Scholten 371; KM 72b; Friedberg –. Superb EF, lustrous, faint hairlines. Very rare. Off-metal strike in gold.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams, purchased from M. Louis Teller, December 1983.