1 Keping Sumatra

Features

Issuer	British Singapore (British East Indies)
Type	Emergency coinage › Merchant tokens
Year	1247 (1832)
Calendar	Islamic (Hijri)
Value	1 Keping (1⁄400)
Currency	Keping
Composition	Miedź
Weight	3.476 g
Diameter	27 mm
Thickness	1 mm
Shape	Okrągły
Orientation	Medal alignment ↑↑
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 21188
References	Singh# SS 8 Saran Singh; 1986. The encyclopaedia of the coins of Malaysia, Singapore, and Brunei, 1400-1986. Malaysia Numismatic Society, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. , KM# Tn3 Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes).

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Obverse

Imitacja herbu Brytyjskiej Kompanii Wschodnioindyjskiej. Łaciński napis nad ramionami, bezsensowne motto na zwoju, data poniżej zwoju. Koraliki wokół obramowania. Automatically translated

Script: łaciński

Lettering:
ISLAND OF SUMATRA
1804

Reverse

Arabski napis z nominałem u góry i datą u dołu przy użyciu wschodnich cyfr arabskich. Koraliki wokół krawędzi. Automatically translated

Script: arabski

Lettering:
۱
سات کڤڠ
۱۲۴۷

Unabridged legend:
1
Satu keping
1247

Edge

Zwykły Automatically translated

Comments

(en) These coins were not official currency of any state. They were first issued in the early 1800s by British merchants at Singapore, to alleviate base coin shortage, before spreading to various parts of the Malay Archipelago. To circumvent confiscation attempts by colonial authorities (particularly the Dutch), British merchants use inscriptions that refer to locations that are vague, fictitious, or unaffiliated to Europeans. In this manner, legally it could not be argued that the tokens were intended for circulation in colonial territories.

This coin is heavier and larger than the one listed in Singh (1986).

See Singh (1986:445-449) for details.

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
1247 (1832)

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