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BORNEO: Da Gang, 1776-1854, tin/lead cash (7.39g), Montrado region

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money Start Price:660.00 USD Estimated At:800.00 - 1,000.00 USD
BORNEO: Da Gang, 1776-1854, tin/lead cash (7.39g), Montrado region
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BORNEO: Da Gang, 1776-1854, tin/lead cash (7.39g), Montrado region, Millies-258v, Van der Chijs-247, Da Gang Gong Si / He Shun (referring to the He Shun Gongsi Federation), with rare variety of Shun in the so called "Kaishu" script on reverse, lustrous Extremely Fine to About Uncirculated, RRR. After several wars the independence of the Heshun Gongsi Federation ended with the surrender of the Da Gang Gongsi to the Dutch in July, 1854. After the surrender the majority of the gongsi cash were melted down. A paper has been published in the Numismatic Chronicle 1993, pp.171-196 and a hitherto unknown piece has been described in the Newsletter no. 143, p. 15-16, 1995 of the Oriental Numismatic Society by Dr.T.D.Yih. A similar example brought $1000 in our Auction 5, Lot 588.