Netherlands East Indies SUMATRA Silver AH1198/1784 2 Sukus NGC VF30 RARE KM# 271

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Netherlands East Indies SUMATRA

Bencoolen Presidency, Fort Marlbro,

Silver AH1198/1784 2 Sukus



GRADED NGC VF30

British East India Company issue struck at the Calcutta mint

for circulation in and around Fort Marlborough,

Rarer of the two dates.

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.



RARE



KM# 271

Ex. FREEHILL COLLECTION



Obverse: Inscription, value above, date below

Obverse Inscription: FORT / MARLBRO, date

Reverse: Arabic script, date below
























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