2 kepengs for Minangkabau in Sumatra, 1835
Also known as: 2 kepengs voor Minangkaboe op Sumatra, 1835
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1835 - 1836
Copper coin. Private coinage. Obverse: single-line inscription: designation in Malay in Arabic characters: Minangkabau, above and below which is a sun. Reverse: single-line Malay inscription in Arabic characters: two kepeng, above which is the value indication 2 and below which is the year 1251 in the Islamic calendar. Smooth edge. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-5021; its record gives material recorded as copper (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements diameter 2.3 cm x weight 4.25 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
- copper (metal)
- Technique
- striking (metalworking)
- Measurements
- diameter 2.3 cm x weight 4.25 g
Design
- Obverse
- single-line inscription: designation in Malay in Arabic characters: Minangkabau, above and below which is a sun.
- Reverse
- single-line Malay inscription in Arabic characters: two kepeng, above which is the value indication 2 and below which is the year 1251 in the Islamic calendar. Smooth edge.
Identification
- Original title
- 2 kepengs voor Minangkaboe op Sumatra, 1835
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- KOG-MP-1-5021
- Museum classification
- coin
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