1 Keping Perak

1 Keping (Perak) - obverse1 Keping (Perak) - reverse

© Joseph Kunnappally

Features

Issuer British East Indies
Type Token
Year 1251 (1836)
Calendar Islamic (Hijri)
Value 1 Keping (1⁄400)
Currency Perak - Keping
Composition Copper
Weight 2.17 g
Diameter 21 mm
Shape Round
Orientation Coin alignment ↑↓
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
135443
References Singh# SS 61,
Saran Singh; 1986. The encyclopaedia of the coins of Malaysia, Singapore, and Brunei, 1400-1986. Malaysia Numismatic Society, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
KM# 4
Tracy L. Schmidt (editor); 2019. Standard Catalog of World Coins / 2001-Date (14th edition). Krause Publications, Stevens Point, Wisconsin, United States.
And 5 more volumes.

Obverse

Arabic inscription in two lines with beads around border.

Script: Arabic

Lettering:
نڭري
ڤيرق

Unabridged legend: Nagari Perak

Translation: Land of Perak

Reverse

Arabic inscription with denomination at top and date at bottom using eastern Arabic numeral. Beads around border

Script: Arabic

Lettering:
١
سات كڤڠ
۱۲٥۱

Unabridged legend:
1
Satu keping
1251

Translation:
One keping
AH 1251

Edge

Plain

Mint

Heaton and Sons / The Mint Birmingham (Heaton and Sons / The Mint Birmingham Limited), United Kingdom (1850-2003)

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.

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
1251 (1836) 
1251 (1836)  Proof

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