3 Keping

Features

Issuer	British East Indies
Type	Standard circulation coin
Years	1200-1202 (1786-1788)
Calendar	Islamic (Hijri)
Value	3 Kepings (3⁄400)
Currency	Sumatra - Dollar (1783-1824)
Composition	Copper
Weight	9.48 g
Diameter	29 mm
Thickness	2 mm
Shape	Round
Technique	Milled
Orientation	Coin alignment ↑↓
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 320044
References	C# 23, William D. Craig; 1976. Coins of the World, 1750-1850 (3rd edition). Western Publishing, Racine, Wisconsin, United States. KM# 259.1, 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. Singh# C.23 Saran Singh; 1986. The encyclopaedia of the coins of Malaysia, Singapore, and Brunei, 1400-1986. Malaysia Numismatic Society, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Obverse

Balemark of the Company consisting of the Scottish Mason's 'Sign of Four' atop a heart with the company's initials within; date split by rosette below.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
V E I C
17 ✿ 86

Unabridged legend: V(nited) E(ast) I(ndies) C(ompany)

Engraver: Jean-Pierre Droz

Reverse

Arabic numbers and Jawi script denomination.

Script: Arabic

Lettering:
۳
تيݢ كفڠ
١٢٠٠

Unabridged legend:
3
Tiga keping
1200

Translation:
Three keping
AH 1200

Engraver: Jean-Pierre Droz

Edge

Reeding slanted right

© James Martin

Comments

The 1, 2 and 3 Kepings were manufactured by Matthew Boulton from 1786; they are significant in the history of coinage, and industry, because they are the first numismatic products that incorporated the use of James Watt's steam engine, the basis of the first Industrial Revolution.
Steam was used to pump water back up onto a traditional water driven rolling press that created the copper sheets from ingots. Steam was also used to help cut the planchets, but the coins themselves were made in London using a traditional screw press.

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Numista Rarity index: 95

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