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SARAWAK: James Brooke, 1841-1868, AE keping token, 1841, PCGS XF details

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / World Coins - Asia & Middle-East Start Price:650.00 USD Estimated At:800.00 - 1,000.00 USD
SARAWAK: James Brooke, 1841-1868, AE keping token, 1841, PCGS XF details
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1,700.00USD+ buyer's premium (340.00)
This item SOLD at 2024 Jun 17 @ 09:36UTC-07:00 : PDT/MST
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SARAWAK: James Brooke, 1841-1868, AE keping token, 1841, KM-Tn1, badger above date, struck in copper, pierced, PCGS graded XF details, RR. James Brooke ordered a quantity of kepings from a small private mint in Birmingham with help from a trading company based in London and Birmingham, Messrs Smith & Wright. The coin reverse was struck from an old worn out die bearing the denomination "satu keping" (one keping) in Jawi and the date 1247 (1831) which had been used earlier for the striking of the Singapore merchant token. They were struck in copper or brass, the latter being the scarcer variety, although both versions are rare.