Triton XIX, Lot: 2588. Estimate $7500. Sold for $25000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MALAY ARCHIPELAGO, Colonial. Nederlands-Oost-Indië (Netherlands East Indies). William I. 1815-1840. Proof AV ‘Halve Gulden’ (23mm, 6.70 g, 6h). Utrecht mint; muntmeestertekens: torch and winged caduceus. Dated 1834. Bare head right / Denomination within wreath of palm fronds. Scholten 622; KM Pn2; Friedberg –. Proof. Extremely rare. Off-metal strike in gold.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams. Ex Schweizerischer Bankverein 29 (28 January 1992), lot 1151.