1 Gulden Madura Star countermark

Sumenep, on the eastern tip of Madura, operated as a semi-autonomous sultanate under Dutch suzerainty and periodically validated foreign silver coinage through official countermarking rather than striking its own. The Madura star punch applied to incoming Spanish colonial reales served as an authorization mark confirming local acceptance — a practical administrative measure during a period when the VOC's collapse left currency circulation in the archipelago badly disrupted. The Dutch East India Company had formally dissolved in 1799, and the resulting monetary disorder pushed regional rulers to improvise.

KM#193.2 distinguishes this host type from the closely related 193.1 by the specific placement and style of the countermark itself.