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Auction 43  12-15 May 2022
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Lot 1129

Starting price: 140 USD
Price realized: 6000 USD
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SINGAPORE: AE keping, AH1411, KM-Tn3, Singapore merchant token with fictitious Hijri date, rare with so much red mint luster! PCGS graded MS63 RB, ex Joe Sedillot Collection. 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 although they didn't offer an alternative, so the ban had little effect. Most 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. Many of these types were struck at the Birmingham Mint circa 1829-1853.

Estimate: 150-250 USD
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