Sumatra 3 Keping / 1 Keping [solved]

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Hello,

on this page: https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces43834.html for the British East Indies 3 keping coin it says that its actual value was 1 keping. What does this mean exactly? and is this true for the 2 and 4 keping coins?
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It's most likely a fiat coin where the metal content is 1 keping but the issuer says it's 4.
If that's the case I don't think this should be in the title but in the comment field.
There is a series of coins dated AH 1213 / 1789 AD:

KM# 260 (intended to be 1 Keping). https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces43834.html
KM# 261 (intended to be 2 Keping). https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces267239.html
KM# 259.2 (3 Keping). (Not in Numista.)

All three coins have the correct weight for the intended denomination, but all of them say "3 Keping".

These three types were minted in England and I suspect the dies were made based on KM# 259.1 dies by someone who didn't understand Arabic (and was poorly instructed).

KM# 260 was at one point described in Numista as a Mule, but it isn't a Mule. It isn't that the wrong dies were used, it is that an incorrect die was made for the coin. The same design was made in three different sizes.
Status changed to Solved (Alyattes, 5-Jun-2021, 04:09)

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