2 Keping Trumon
Features
| Issuer |
British Singapore
(British East Indies)  |
|---|---|
| Type | Emergency coinage › Merchant tokens |
| Years | 1247-1251 (1832-1836) |
| Calendar | Islamic (Hijri) |
| Value | 2 Keping |
| Currency | Keping |
| Composition | Copper |
| Weight | 4 g |
| Diameter | 22 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Orientation | Coin alignment ↑↓ |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 43829 |
| References | KM# Tn1 Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). Fred Pridmore. Coins of the British Commonwealth of Nations to the End of the Reign of George VI 1952. Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom (5 volumes). Cornelis Scholten; 1951. De munten van de Nederlandsche Gebiedsdelen Overzee 1601-1948 = The Coins of the Dutch Overseas Territories 1601-1948. Jacques Schulman, Amsterdam, Netherlands. |
Obverse
Arabic inscription in two lines with beads around border.
Script: Arabic
Lettering:
نڭري
ترومن
Unabridged legend: Nagari Trumon
Translation: Land of Trumon
Reverse
Arabic inscription with denomination at top and date at bottom using eastern Arabic numeral. Beads around border
Script: Arabic
Lettering:
٢
دو كڤڠ
١٢۴۷
Unabridged legend:
2
Dua keping
1247
Translation:
2
Two kepings
AH 1247
Edge
Plain
Mint
Soho Mint, Handsworth, England (1788-1850)Comments
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.
See Singh (1986:445-449) for details.
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | Frequency | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| 1247 (1832) | 77% | ||||||||||||||
| 1251 (1836) | 31% | ||||||||||||||
| 1251 (1836) | Proof | 8% | |||||||||||||
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