2 kepengs of British Sumatra, Bencoolen, 1783
Also known as: 2 kepengs van Engels Sumatra, Benkoelen,1783
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
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, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-4830; its record gives material recorded as copper (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements diameter 2.7 cm x weight 3.87 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.
Evidence at a glance
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- copper (metal)
- Technique
- striking (metalworking)
- Measurements
- diameter 2.7 cm x weight 3.87 g
Design
- 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.
Identification
- Original title
- 2 kepengs van Engels Sumatra, Benkoelen,1783
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- KOG-MP-1-4830
- Museum classification
- coin
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- Issue or mint date
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- Material
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- Weight
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- Mint or printer mark
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Catalogue references
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