Malaya AH 1411 keping token
This specimen was lot 75381 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, November 2022), where it sold for $780. The catalog description[1] noted, "MALAYA. British East India Company. Singapore Merchants issues. Fighting Cock series. Copper Keping Token, "AH 1411" (ca. 1831). NGC MS-61 Brown. A choice example of the intriguing 'Fighting Cock' type token which circulated throughout the Malay Peninsula prior to the establishment of official local copper coinage. Lustrous, this example possesses pleasing brown patina that balances the appearance. A wonderful example of the early coinage of Singapore." This type is listed by the SCWC under Netherlands East Indies. The AH 1411 is obviously bogus, as that corresponds to 1990 AD. This token could also be filed under Malaya or the Straits Settlements as it was intended to circulate throughout the region.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: copper.
Catalog reference: KM-Tn3; Prid-22.
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- Passon, Tom, Catalogus van de Munten van de Nederlandse Gebieden Overzee, vanaf 1601 tot heden, Apeldoorn, Netherlands, 2022.
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- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The November 2022 Collectors Choice Ancient & World Coins Auction, Featuring the Pat Johnson Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2022.
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