1735 US Colonial Coin...?

[MikeCoin]

Picked this up over the weekend as a curiousity more than anything.

I can find a little out about this but not much, especially value. If anybody can shed any light on about this it'd be greatly appreciated.

[RLC35]

Mike,

I don't think it is a US Colonial coin, as it is not listed in the Yoeman "Red Book."

[Hussulo]

Picked this up over the weekend as a curiousity more than anything.

I can find a little out about this but not much, especially value. If anybody can shed any light on about this it'd be greatly appreciated.

I think they were produced by the Dutch East India Company, that one being a Duit's (penny). They are thought to have circulated in the US.

[scott]

i love those things

but yea it possibly could, as the dutch had new york for a time great little cheap coins

they didn't really change design

can pick em up for a few quid each, great if you want something from the 1700's

[scottishmoney]

If they circulated in the America's it would be a discovery. These coins were made for the Dutch East Indies, ie, their colonies in Indonesia etc.

[Hussulo]

If they circulated in the America's it would be a discovery. These coins were made for the Dutch East Indies, ie, their colonies in Indonesia etc.

I have seen some sellers describe them as New York pennies, but I guess there is no proof to substantiate this claim?

Sellers wishful thinking or trying to boost the saleability of their items perhaps?

[scottishmoney]

There were Dutch colonies in New York, but only until the Dutch lost the Third Anglo Dutch war of 1672-4, and ceded the colony to the English. Any coins dated after that time are preposterously alleged to be colonial coins.