1 Keping Cockerel facing right

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	1.9 g
Diameter	22 mm
Shape	Okrągły
Orientation	Medal alignment ↑↑
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 86572
References	Singh# SS 29 Saran Singh; 1986. The encyclopaedia of the coins of Malaysia, Singapore, and Brunei, 1400-1986. Malaysia Numismatic Society, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. , KM# 8.1 Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes).

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Obverse

Kogucik z ostrogą zwrócony w prawo z arabskim napisem u góry. Koraliki wokół obramowania. Automatically translated

Script: arabski

Lettering: تانه ملايو

Unabridged legend: Tanah Melayu

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

Monety te nie były oficjalną walutą żadnego państwa. Po raz pierwszy zostały wyemitowane na początku XIX wieku przez brytyjskich kupców w Singapurze, aby złagodzić niedobór monet bazowych, a następnie rozprzestrzeniły się w różnych częściach Archipelagu Malajskiego. Aby obejść próby konfiskaty przez władze kolonialne (zwłaszcza holenderskie), brytyjscy kupcy używali napisów odnoszących się do miejsc, które są niejasne, fikcyjne lub niezwiązane z Europejczykami. W ten sposób z prawnego punktu widzenia nie można było argumentować, że żetony były przeznaczone do obiegu na terytoriach kolonialnych.

Szczegółowe informacje można znaleźć w Singh (1986: 445-449). Automatically translated

This is an automatic translation. The original text is:

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.

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

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Date				G	VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
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1247 (1832)				$ 3.60	$ 3.60	$ 5.20	$ 10	$ 11	$ 17

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