† COINS, ASIAN TERRITORIES, SUMATRA East India Company, Copper Keping, AH1202 / 1787, obv the balemark of the EIC and date, rev date and denomination in Malay (Pr 19; KM 257.1). Numerous rust marks with a touch of porosity in the balemark, die break on the reverse from 1 o’clock to 3 o’clock, otherwise semi-prooflike, about mint state. Here the reverse inscription “Sakeping”, is broken up in the centre, so that the writing doesn’t flow without a break. This is the only one of these four 1787 pieces that show this. £50-80
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