Watch List notes:

MALAY ARCHIPELAGO, Colonial. Nederlands-Oost-Indië (Netherlands East Indies). Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie (Dutch East India Company). 1603-1800. AV 10 Rixdaaler (38.5x73mm, 17.85 g). Struck 1687. Rampant lion left in square cartouche countermarked on a Japanese koban of the Keicho era, struck after 1601. For countermark: Scholten 10; KM –; Friedberg 6. For host coin: Hartill, Japan, 8.15. VF, slightly wavy, minor deposits. Extremely rare.


From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams. Ex Stack's (10 December 1992), lot 4120 (hammer $22000).