1 Cash - Pangeran Ratu

1 Cash - Pangeran Ratu - obverse1 Cash - Pangeran Ratu - reverse

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Features

Issuer Sultanate of Banten (Indonesian States)
Type Circulating commemorative coin
Years 1546-1596
Value 1 Cash
Currency Cash
Composition Copper
Weight 8.33 g
Diameter 30.5 mm
Thickness 1.5 mm
Shape Round with cutouts (Hexagonal hole)
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
188999
References HCM# 112,
Henricus Christiaan Millies; 1871. Recherches sur les monnaies des indigènes de l'archipel Indien et de la péninsule Malaie. Martinus Nijhoff, The Hague, Netherlands.
Mitch WI# 3963
Michael Mitchiner; 1977. Oriental Coins and Their Values / Volume 1. The World of Islam. Hawkins Publications, London, United Kingdom.

Obverse

Javanese inscription surrounding hexagonal hole. Base to center, read clockwise. Rim around hole and edge.

Script: Javanese

Lettering: ꦥꦔꦺꦫꦤ꧀​ꦫꦠꦸ

Unabridged legend: pangéran ratu

Translation: Lord King

Reverse

Rim around hole and edge.

Edge

Plain

Comments

Mitchiner (2012:27-28) date these coins to a period between 1546–1596. This corresponds to the reign of Sultan Maulana Hasanuddin (1552–1570) to Sultan Abu al-Mafakhir Mahmud Abdulkadir (1596–1651) in the Banten Sultanate.

These coins were issued during Banten's period of prosperity brought in by the pepper trade. According to Mitchiner (2012:28), the weight and quality of Banten copper coins suggest that they may have not been used as common currencies of the general populace but rather used as a prestigious form of payment by the Banten royal court. Their production ceased when Banten's prosperity declined following Dutch monopoly of pepper around the 1640s.

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
ND (1546-1596) 

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