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Colonial
British East Indies
British Singapore
1 Keping
Cockerel, AH 1247 1832AD
1247 Hijri
Cockerel Rooster
1
Keping Cockerel facing right
Composition: Copper, Weight: 1.85 g, Diameter: 21.5 mm
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Obverse:
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A spurred cockerel facing right with
Arabic inscription at top. Beads around border.
Arabic Lettering: تانه ملايو
Translation: Land of Malay |
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Reverse: |
Arabic inscription with denomination at
top and date at bottom using eastern
Arabic numeral. Beads around border.
Arabic
Lettering:
۱
سات کڤڠ
۱۲۴۷
Translation:
One keping AH 1247 |
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These coins
were first issued in the early 1800s by
British merchants at Singapore, to alleviate
base coin shortage, before spreading to
various parts of the Malay Archipelago. To
circumvent confiscation attempts by colonial
authorities (particularly the Dutch),
British merchants use inscriptions that
refer to locations that are vague,
fictitious, or unaffiliated to Europeans. In
this manner, legally it could not be argued
that the tokens were intended for
circulation in colonial territories.
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