Lot 763

½ Duit 1808 struck in silver, Piedfort (Scho. 562; Passon 25.3 R4) - 6.34 g.; ø 18.7 mm.) with manually applied oblique milling. Obv. Crowned shield bearing the lion of the Netherlands between 5 – 1/32, below G. // rev. * / INDIÆ / BATAV: / 1808. Trial or pattern strike, contemporary or of later date. Nevertheless extremely rare. Particular on obverse radial metal-flow-lines of striking are visible - XF/UNC