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Online Auction 10  28 Jun 2021
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Lot 689

Starting price: 50 USD
Price realized: 160 USD
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NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES: Singapore Merchants, AE keping, AH1250, KM-Tn2, Prid-33, malformed date, Jawi legend, tanah melayu (Land of the Malays), C.R. READ under rooster // bugis wanuwa tana ugi sedi keping (Land of the Bugis, One Keping), around 16-petal rosette, brown, AU Singapore merchant tokens circulated in the Netherlands East Indies, as that was the intention of the issuers. These were forbidden to circulate by the Dutch authorities (though they didn't offer an alternative, so the ban had no effect) and have evasive inscriptions, notably dates and region names. All circulated indiscriminately among the islands as well as in Singapore, regardless of the area name on them and regardless of whether the area is today in Indonesia or Malaysia.

Estimate: 60-90 USD
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