Watch List notes:

SUMATRA: Bencoolen Presidency, AR 2 sukus, Fort Marlbro, 1783/AH1197, KM-271, British East India Company issue struck at the Calcutta mint for circulation in and around Fort Marlborough, cleaned, PCGS graded VF details. The denomination of 2 sukus equaled 4 reales or a half Spanish milled dollar. They were the last silver coins struck for this area. From then on they would rely on Spanish silver and the copper coins struck locally and at the Soho Mint in England. Fort Marlborough was the main fort in the Bencoolen Presidency and was a British possession in Sumatra based in the area of what is now Bengkulu City. In 1785 it was downgraded to Bencoolen Residency and placed under the Bengal Presidency. The British ceded Fort Marlborough and the City of Benculen (Bengkulu) to the Dutch as part of the Anglo-Dutch Treaty of 1824.

Estimate: 1,500-2,000 USD