Cent of the British North Borneo Company, 1887
Also known as: Cent van de British North Borneo Company, 1887
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1887
Bronze coin. Obverse: decorated composite coat of arms with motto held by two natives as supporters. Below, letter H [=Heaton], beneath which the year. Reverse: between two tied branches, denomination in Chinese in two lines and in English in one line.
At the bottom, denomination in Malay in Arabic script. Plain edge. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-4089A; its record gives material recorded as bronze (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements diameter 2.9 cm x weight 9.32 g. Description translated from the museum's Dutch catalogue text; details are those of this museum object, and how far it represents a wider type has not been independently verified.
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze (metal)
- Technique
- striking (metalworking)
- Measurements
- diameter 2.9 cm x weight 9.32 g
Design
- Obverse
- decorated composite coat of arms with motto held by two natives as supporters. Below, letter H [=Heaton], beneath which the year.
- Reverse
- between two tied branches, denomination in Chinese in two lines and in English in one line. At the bottom, denomination in Malay in Arabic script. Plain edge.
Identification
- Original title
- Cent van de British North Borneo Company, 1887
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- KOG-MP-1-4089A
- Museum classification
- coin
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- Issue or mint date
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- Material
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Catalogue references
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