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INDONESIA: BORNEO: Da Gang Gongsi, tin cash (7.61g), ca. 1822-1854, VF

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INDONESIA: BORNEO: Da Gang Gongsi, tin cash (7.61g), ca. 1822-1854, VF
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BORNEO: Da Gang Gongsi, tin cash (7.61g), ca. 1822-1854, Millies--, Yih & de Kreek-5 (NC 1993), 26mm, da gang gong si, with shun in simplified style // he shun (referring to the He Shun Gongsi Federation), possibly an earlier issue judging from its smaller and thicker flan and much rarer than the later issues (ca. 30mm), VF. After several wars the independence of the Heshun Gongsi Federation ended with the surrender of the Da Gang Gongsi to the Dutch in July, 1854. After the surrender the majority of the gongsi cash were melted down. A paper has been published in the Numismatic Chronicle 1993, pp.171-196 and a hitherto unknown piece has been described in the Newsletter no. 143, p. 15-16, 1995 of the Oriental Numismatic Society by Dr.T.D.Yih.