Friday, May 20, 2011

100. PENANG 1 PICE 1786 UNIFACE COIN

image 1: obverse and reverse of the coin



Country of Origin: Penang / Pulau Pinang ( Now a state, part of Malaysia and once being called as Prince of Wales' Island )
Date: 1786
Denomination: One Pice
Shape: Round
Orientation: Uniface
Weight: 14.65g - 15.4g
Edge: Plain
Diameter: 28.6mm
Thickness: -
Composition: Copper
Population: Unknown
Reference: KN3
Mint: Calcutta Mint
Category: Normal Circulation Coin
Demonetized: Yes
Engraver/Designer:
Variety: -


    For my 100th post, I want to share my latest entry to my Penang Coins collection. Owaa this coin makes me to go on diet, haha.

   By the way, I notice that there is some slight miss struck on the obverse. Is that something normal to this coin or it is an error?

   I no longer has any Penang coin to share, so I think for the next posts is Kelantan! Because I just got back from my village and I do not get back empty-handed. ;)
   

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Hi mnfaj,
Congratulations, you've got yourself an original uniface, haha.
About the slight off struck on these coins.
Suppose many of these older coins were not well struck.
Haha, just our guess.
Thanks a lot for sharing, mnfaj :)

mnfaj said...

Thank you whycollect,
Ya errors in older coins are very common.
Thank you for dropping by.

DICKSON NIEW said...

Dear mnfaj,
Nice Penang Coins collection.
I am yet to start with one!
Mr.Bob Chew at 7th Floor of Berjaya Times Square Shopping Complex has almost the complete set.
You keep it up! Cheers.

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