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Dutch Colony. Wilhelmina gold Proof 2-1/2 Cents 1945 PR68 Cameo NGC, cf. KM316. Gold off-metal restrike, countermarked with a small "124" after the final E in INDIE. Obv. Crowned arms of the Netherlands divides the date 19-45. Rev. Inscription in Javanese and Malayan script. The regular issue coinage of this date was struck at a U.S. mint with the corresponding P, D, or S mintmark, or other privy mark. This example does not have a mintmark and it is speculated that the few known examples of this issue in gold were struck in the Netherlands, after 1945. Approaching technical perfection and a most alluring offering.
HID02901242017
Estimate: 3000-4000 USD
Dutch Colony. Wilhelmina gold Proof 2-1/2 Cents 1945 PR68 Cameo NGC, cf. KM316. Gold off-metal restrike, countermarked with a small "124" after the final E in INDIE. Obv. Crowned arms of the Netherlands divides the date 19-45. Rev. Inscription in Javanese and Malayan script. The regular issue coinage of this date was struck at a U.S. mint with the corresponding P, D, or S mintmark, or other privy mark. This example does not have a mintmark and it is speculated that the few known examples of this issue in gold were struck in the Netherlands, after 1945. Approaching technical perfection and a most alluring offering.
HID02901242017
Estimate: 3000-4000 USD