British Bencoolen

Kind

colony

Region

Southeast Asia, Asia

Objects are filed under the historical authority that actually issued or made them. A recorded period comes from the issuer's own reference description and is left blank where no source states it.

Sorted by date, earliest first.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

modern coins

2 kepengs of British Sumatra, Bencoolen, 1783

1783

Copper coin. Obverse: monogram of the English East India Company, around which the date. Reverse: on one line in Malay denomination: doewa kepeng in Arabic characters, above which denomination: 2 with Arabic numeral and below which date in Islamic chronology and Arabic numerals. Plain edge. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterda…

Documented

Partial type record

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

modern coins

Double suku of British Sumatra, Fort Marlborough, 1784

1784

Silver coin. Obverse: two-line inscription: 'Fort Marlbro', above which value indication 2 and below which year. Reverse: two-line Malay inscription in Arabic characters with value indication on the lower line: 'doewa soekoe'. Above it, value indication: 2 in Arabic numeral and below it, year in Islamic calendar in…

Documented

Partial type record

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

modern coins

British Sumatra, Bencoolen, 3 kepengs, 1787

1787

Copper coin. Obverse: monogram of the English East India Company, surrounded by the year. Reverse: on one line in Malay, value indication: 'tiga kepeng' in Arabic characters. Above it, value indication: 3 in Arabic numerals and below it, year in Islamic calendar in Arabic numerals. Cable edge. The Rijksmuseum, Amste…

Documented

Partial type record

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