Indonesia (Dutch East Indies) Island of Sultana Keping 1835

Apparently there is no such a place as the ISLAND OF SULTANA, but it sure sounds cool. The coat of arms with the horses on each side is also fictitious. These are tokens made by merchants in and around Singapore in the Dutch East Indies, Indonesia today. Similar coins were minted in 1804 with lions on each side of the arms, and more similar coins were minted with ISLAND OF SUMATRA, which is a real place! This page applies only to the horse-flanked SULTANA pieces.

The catalogs report several varieties, some with one flag, others with two flags, and the presence or absence of a legend. It would be a collecting challenge to assemble a set of each variety. Values are about the same for all varieties, as follows:

worn: $10 US dollars approximate catalog value
average circulated: $25
well preserved: $45
fully uncirculated: $130

The example in our picture comes from Stack's where it sold for $110 in a 2009 auction. As always, CoinQuest thanks Stack's for use of their coin photo.
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Coin: 15727, Genre: Colonizers and Colonies, Timeline: World
Created (yyyymm): 201309, Last review: 201509
Appearance: Normal round coin Metallic brown Letters: Latin Flowing style
Years: sort: 1835, filter: 1835 to 1835
Image: indonesia_dutch_indies_sultana_1835.jpg
Tags: escutcheon shiled scripts letter colours galloping nederlandsch monograms crests nederlands holl bannered twice neatherland holland saltanat iceland crest logograms insignia centered nederlandsche logogram chevrons colors lettering initials flags armour eastern nederl aribic stallion mounted arm arabia horseman certer shields riding sultanate sultana banner blanket reins centers netherlands rein coats centre character banners dutch caligraphy inscription rider indies two characters nederland prance equestres east chevron hollandia coat equestrian arab logo monogram off flag horse ride arms mountie sultan easterly offcenter arabian creast initals letters armor nederlandse arabic sheild prancing horses hollandiae islands mount horsehead pony crested island scrip inscriptions nederlanden horseback armored keping arabesque indonesia lettered shield center escucheon indie offset script netherland shild calligraphy initial