Watch List notes:

MALAY ARCHIPELAGO, Colonial. Penang. British East India Company, 1786-1858. Cent 1787 (Bronze, 25 mm, 9.85 g, 12 h). VEIC bale mark, rosette between 17-87 below. Rev. Arabian legend. KM 4. Prid. 7. Scholten 974 c. An unusually well preserved example. Flan faults, otherwise, extremely fine.


From the collection of a Swiss scholar, formed over the past thirty years.