1 Keping
Sumatra • 1 Keping • Copper • 1786–1788
- Denomination
- 1 Keping
- Issuer
- Sumatra
- Struck
- 1786–1788
- Composition
- Copper
- Currency
- Dollar
- Weight
- 2.91 g
- Diameter
- 21 mm
- Catalog refs
- C 21 · KM 257.1 · KM 257.2 · KM C.21
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Where it came from
The 1 Keping coin of 1786 was struck for use by the British East India Company in the Sultanate of Palembang, Sumatra. During this period, the company sought to establish a stable currency for trade in the region, utilizing the keping denomination to align with local monetary customs. These copper coins were minted to facilitate mercantile transactions and consolidate colonial economic influence in the Indonesian archipelago.
The design of these pieces reflects the utilitarian requirements of colonial currency, typically featuring the company's bale mark on one side and Arabic inscriptions indicating the denomination and date on the reverse. The production was commissioned by the East India Company, whose mints aimed for a balance between administrative necessity and the local demand for small-change currency. While they served a practical purpose in trade, they remain significant today as artifacts of the shifting power dynamics in 18th-century Southeast Asian commerce.
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