Lot 3621

Description

Japan, copper bar (saodo), (18th century), minted in Osaka and delivered to the VOC in Nagasaki, length 235mm, (205 grams); Netherlands East Indies, Java, copper stiver, 1796 (KM.180), copper bonk; another of 1797, (KM.180); Java, copper 2 stivers, 1796 (KM.181), copper bonk; another of 1797 (KM.181). Very fine - good very fine and scarce, cased. (4)

The copper bars were used to strike the copper bonk currency in Batavia in 1796 and 1797.