1 Cent (Pattern)
Penang • 1 Cent • Copper • 1810
- Denomination
- 1 Cent
- Issuer
- Penang
- Struck
- 1810
- Composition
- Copper
- Currency
- Dollar
- Weight
- 9.54 g
- Catalog refs
- KM Pn1
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Where it came from
The 1810 Penang 1 Cent pattern was minted under the authority of the British East India Company to facilitate trade in the Prince of Wales Island, now known as Penang. These pieces were struck during a period when the local administration sought to standardize currency to support the island's growing status as a vital commercial entrepôt for British interests in Southeast Asia.
The design features the East India Company bale mark on the obverse, a hallmark of their coinage during this era. As a pattern, this specific issue was likely produced as a trial piece or a prototype submitted for approval to colonial officials. Because it did not enter broad circulation as a standard currency unit, it remains a rare numismatic document of the administrative efforts to stabilize the regional monetary system.
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