PENANG EMERGENCY COINAGE (1804-1805) " G.F."
Penang One Cent (Pice) 1804-1805 " G.F." Emergency Tin Coinage.
This a very rare piece of Penang Emergency Coinage in such condition.It is a uniface Tin Cent (Pice).No date inscrip on the coin but it was belived that there were minted in 1804-1805.
On obverse, a “G F” in script (for Governor Farquhar) in ring within a plain circle, and countermarked with a Chinese character "Qi "( 啟 ) which means "advance payment" in between the alphabet of "G" and "F". The Chinese countermark was made by the Treasury or Bazaar sharoff as a guarantee of its quality and weight. There were three die varieties exist.
Reverse: Blank.
Edge: Plain.
Measured in diameter : 43mm.
Weight: 30.48grammes.
Composition: Tin.
Code:(Pr 22; SS 23).
Condition: Extremely fine for issue.Casted in Penang.
Thanks to Master Saran Singh for sharing.
This a very rare piece of Penang Emergency Coinage in such condition.It is a uniface Tin Cent (Pice).No date inscrip on the coin but it was belived that there were minted in 1804-1805.
On obverse, a “G F” in script (for Governor Farquhar) in ring within a plain circle, and countermarked with a Chinese character "Qi "( 啟 ) which means "advance payment" in between the alphabet of "G" and "F". The Chinese countermark was made by the Treasury or Bazaar sharoff as a guarantee of its quality and weight. There were three die varieties exist.
Reverse: Blank.
Edge: Plain.
Measured in diameter : 43mm.
Weight: 30.48grammes.
Composition: Tin.
Code:(Pr 22; SS 23).
Condition: Extremely fine for issue.Casted in Penang.
Thanks to Master Saran Singh for sharing.
Ingat kan bos dickson punya td. dtg kedai terus esk nak beli. :-P
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