1 Keping Siak
Features
| Issuer |
Sumatra
(British East Indies)  |
|---|---|
| Type | Emergency coinage › Merchant tokens |
| Year | 1251 (1836) |
| Calendar | Islamic (Hijri) |
| Value | 1 Keping (1⁄400) |
| Currency | Dollar (1783-1824) |
| Composition | Copper |
| Shape | Round |
| Technique | Milled |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 24413 |
| References | Singh# SS 59 Saran Singh; 1986. The encyclopaedia of the coins of Malaysia, Singapore, and Brunei, 1400-1986. Malaysia Numismatic Society, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. , KM# Tn1 Standard Catalog of World Coins (85 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. Jacques Schulman, Amsterdam, Netherlands. |
Obverse
Arabic inscription in two lines with beads around border.
Script: Arabic
Lettering:
نݢري
سيك
Unabridged legend: Nagari Siak
Translation: Land of Siak
Reverse
Arabic inscription with denomination at top and date at bottom using eastern Arabic numeral. Beads around border
Script: Arabic
Lettering:
١
سات كڤڠ
١٢٥١
Unabridged legend:
1
Satu keping
1251
Translation:
One keping
AH 1251
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 | |||||||||||||||
| 1251 (1836) | ۱۲٥١ | 90% | |||||||||||||
| 1251 (1836) | ۱۲٥١ Proof | 10% | |||||||||||||
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