Java

Sale 85    24–27 Jul 2007   Dallas Brooks Centre   Melbourne

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Lot 2339    SESSION 8 (2.30pm Wednesday)    Java

Estimate $5,000
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $9,000

JAVA, British Administration, gold half rupee, 1814, edge grained right, signed Z (Zwebkert) on obverse dated AH 1229, Javanese date 1741, gold fineness 750 (= 8 silver rupees or 240 stivers) (Pr.2; KM ; Sch 589b). Toned, extremely fine and very rare.

Ex Virgil M. Brand Collection (Sotheby's lot 290) and Spink Singapore Sale June 1996 (lot 92).

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