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1/4 cent from Malacca, Prince of Wales Island or Pulu Penang, 1787

1787 · striking (metalworking); copper (metal)

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Copper coin. Obverse: heart-shaped mark of the English East India Company (EIC), with a star below. Date on either side of the mark. Reverse: four-line inscription in Arabic characters: jezirah prins abwails. Smooth edge.

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Credit line1/4 cent uit Malakka, prince of Wales Island of Pulu Penang,1787. 1787. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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