1 Cash - Weiyun Reyao Bangka

1 Cash - Weiyun Reyao (Bangka) - obverse1 Cash - Weiyun Reyao (Bangka) - reverse

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Features

Issuer Bangka Island (Indonesian States)
Type Token
Years 1710-1825
Value 1 Cash
Composition Tin
Weight 3.60 g
Diameter 26.5 mm
Thickness 1.2 mm
Shape Round with a square hole
Orientation Coin alignment ↑↓
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
108069

Obverse

Four Chinese ideograms read top to bottom, right to left.

Script: Chinese (traditional, regular script)

Lettering:
 望
鹞 惹
 雲

Unabridged legend: wei yun re yao (Mandarin)/mong jun ngia jao (Hakka)

Reverse

Two Chinese ideograms read right to left.

Script: Chinese (traditional, regular script)

Lettering: 坌 宝

Unabridged legend: bao ben (Mandarin)/pau feb (Hakka)

Edge

Plain

Comments

Since the discovery of its tin deposit in 1710, Bangka provided the raw materials for much of Palembang's base coinage until the island was lost to the British in 1812. The Palembang Sultanate mandated directed the predominantly Chinese mining communities in Bangka to mint their own Chinese-styled tokens as opposed to "regular" Malay-styled coins issued by the Sultanate. However, according to Mitchiner & Yih (2013:32), there is little doubt that some of the Bangka tokens circulated within Palembang as the island was administered directly from the city.

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
ND (1710-1825) 

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