Syiling Pulau Pinang

Syiling Pulau Pinang adalah antara koleksi yang saya minati. Secara numismatik juga, syiling Pulau Pinang banyak menimbulkan persoalan dan kajian. Antaranya syiling Pulau Pinang adalah merupakan antara sebilangan kecil syiling yang tidak mempunyai cetakan denominasi dan nilai pada syilingnya. Maka, jenisnilai separuh sen, satu sen dan dua sen ditentukan melalui saiznya. Denominasinya juga berbeza mengikut tempat tempaan - sebagai contoh untuk tahun 1810 yang ditempa di Royal Mint, London didenominasikan sebagai pecahan Sen manakala yang ditempa di Kilang di India dinamakan Pice.

Syiling Pulau Pinang walaupun agak sedikit jenisnya, tapi antara jenis koleksi yang mencabar untuk dikumpul. Daripada pelbagai varieti yang ada dari bilangan bunga lili, kepada menaiktaraf syiling ke gred yang lebih tinggi.

Adakah anda seorang pengumpul syiling Pulau Pinang?

147. Penang 2 Pice 1828 - 27 lily cups variety

image 1: obverse and reverse of the coin

Owh no, my second coin of 2 Pice 1828, in a different variety.

Category	Coin > Penang
Country Of Origin	Penang (Now a state, a part of Malaysia)
Date	1828
Grade	-
Denomination	Two Pice
Shape	Round
Weight	18.72g to 18.98g from SS
Diameter	31.5mm from SS
Thickness	-
Composition	Copper
Population	Unknown
Reference	SS33d, P.15, C.293, KN3.b
Mint	Madras Mint
Category	Normal Circulation Coinage
Demonetized	Yes
Engraver/Designer	-
Designer's Initial	-
Mint Mark	-
Variety	SS33d - 27 lily cups in wreath on reverse (P.14c)
Edge	Plain
Obverse	Within a beaded circle, the Arms, supposters, crest and motto of the East India Company. The shield carries the cross of St. George. The supporters are lions rampant each bearing a standard. The lions stand on a scroll inscribed with the motto "AUSCPICIO REGIS ET SENATUS ANGLIAE" (Under the auspices of the King and the English Parliament). Above the shield is the crest, a lion rampant holding a crown between it's fore paws. Below the motto is the year date 1828.
Reverse	Within a beaded circle near the edge, a circular wreath of 28 lily cups which overlap each other and run clockwise. Within the wreath the Jawi (fusion of Malay and Arabic language) inscription "Pulau Pinang" (Island of Penang).
Edge	Plain
Extra Note

146. Penang 2 Pice 1828 - 28 lily cups variety

image 1: obverse and reverse of the coin

image 2: reverse of the coin

image 3: obverse of the coin

image 4: chamfered edge

image 5: other view of the coin

     One more step to complete this series! Thank God during recent Hari Raya I managed to acquire this coin at a very affordable price. This costs me my whole Duit Raya! Luckily I no longer receive handsome Duit Raya as I used to 10 years ago. Haha.

     Completing varieties of these coins seems impossible, with this scarce 2 pice 1828 alone has about 8 varieties! The varieties are due to the number of lily cups on reverse. 26 to 34 lily cups were being reported exist by Mr. Saran Singh. There could be unlisted varieties.

    One feature that I would like to point here is I notice that there are reedings on the rim's edge (Refer to image 4). The reeding is angled at 45 degree. The reeding also makes the rim's edge become chamfered.

Category	Coin > Penang
Country Of Origin	Penang (Now a state, a part of Malaysia)
Date	1828
Grade	about Extremely Fine
Denomination	Two Pice
Shape	Round
Weight	18.72g to 18.98g from SS
Diameter	31.5mm from SS
Thickness	-
Composition	Copper
Population	Unknown
Reference	SS33c, P.15, C.293, KN3.b
Mint	Madras Mint
Category	Normal Circulation Coinage
Demonetized	Yes
Engraver/Designer	-
Designer's Initial	-
Mint Mark	-
Variety	SS33e - 28 lily cups in wreath on reverse (P.15e)
Edge	Plain
Obverse	Within a beaded circle, the Arms, supposters, crest and motto of the East India Company. The shield carries the cross of St. George. The supporters are lions rampant each bearing a standard. The lions stand on a scroll inscribed with the motto "AUSCPICIO REGIS ET SENATUS ANGLIAE" (Under the auspices of the King and the English Parliament). Above the shield is the crest, a lion rampant holding a crown between it's fore paws. Below the motto is the year date 1828.
Reverse	Within a beaded circle near the edge, a circular wreath of 28 lily cups which overlap each other and run clockwise. Within the wreath the Jawi (fusion of Malay and Arabic language) inscription "Pulau Pinang" (Island of Penang).
Edge	Plain
Extra Note

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. ;)

   

96. Pulau Pinang One Pice 1825

image 1: obverse and reverse of the coin

image 2: reference

Country of Origin: Pulau Pinang (also known as Penang, Prince of Wales' Island, now a part as a country of Malaysia)

Date: 1825

Denomination: One Piece

Weight: 9.46g

Edge: Plain

Dimension: Diameter of 28mm

Composition: Copper

Population: 136,700 pieces

Reference: SS30b, P.17b

Mint: Madras Mint, India

Category: Normal Circulation Coin

Engraver: Lewis Pingo Chief Engraver of Royal Mint, London
Variety : SS 30b - 23 Lily cups in wreath on reverse

    This piece completes my 1 cent of Penang Coat of Arms Series! Completing the varieties of 1825? It is nearly impossible in my opinion, this coin is notorious with varieties!

95. Pulau Pinang Half Cent 1810

image 1: obverse and reverse of the coin

image 2: reference

Country of Origin: Pulau Pinang (also known as Penang, Prince of Wales' Island, now a part as a country of Malaysia)

Date: 1810

Denomination: Half Cent

Weight: 4.66g

Edge: Plain

Dimension: Diameter of 24.5mm

Composition: Copper

Population: 1,720,320 pieces

Reference: SS26, P.19, C.292.1, 

Mint: Royal Mint, London

Category: Normal Circulation Coin

Engraver: Lewis Pingo, Chief Engraver of Royal Mint, London
Variety : -

94. Pulau Penang 1 Cent 1810 with Cud

image 1: obverse and reverse of the coin

image 2: close up view of the cud

image 3: extract from reference

Country of Origin: Pulau Pinang (also known as Penang, Prince of Wales' Island, now a part as a country of Malaysia)

Date: 1810

Denomination: One Cent

Weight: 9.46g

Edge: Plain

Dimension: Diameter of 28mm

Composition: Copper

Population: 1,827,840 pieces

Reference: SS29, P.16, C.292.1, KN2a

Mint: Royal Mint, London

Category: Normal Circulation Coin

Engraver: Lewis Pingo Chief Engraver of Royal Mint, London
Variety : SS29c - Small stroke at bottom of second figure 1 in date due to die crack

     I think I have posted too much of error coins. I guess in the next week I shall post other categories in my collection. 

    For the past weeks I bought quite a lot of Penang coins which not surprisingly had blow a big hole in my pocket. So for this transition post between error coin and Penang coin, I post about a Penang coin which have an error. Hehe cheers!

57. Penang 2 Pice Coat of Arms Series 1825

image 1: obverse

image 2: reverse

Country of Origin: Pulau Pinang / Penang / Prince of Wales' Island (Now a part of Malaysia)

Date: 1825

Denomination: 2 Pice (equivalent to 2 Cent, Pice denomination was incorporated because it was minted at Madras Mint)

Weight: 18.79g - 19.05g

Edge: Plain

Dimension: Diameter of 31.5mm

Composition: Copper

Population: 130,300 pieces

Reference: SS32f

Mint: Madras Mint

Category: Normal Circulation Coin

    This coin is of variety SS32f, having 31 lily cup in wreath on reverse. 26 to 34 lily cups varieties are listed by Saran Singh. So many varieties, I don't think I can complete it, because even this 2 pice coins are hard to find in the market. All of them in the collectors' hand already?

image 3: reference

9. Pulau Penang Penang 1 Pice Coins 1810 1828

       This is a pair of Penang Coat of Arm Series which I bought recently from Ireland. It seems that the auto-correct features in the software makes the pictures look poor. I will replace later with pictures of better quality.

     Below is the information regarding the coins in The Encyclopedia of the Coins of Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei 1400 - 1967 by Saran Singh.

photo: obverse of 1801 1 pice Penang

photo: reverse of 1801 1 pice Penang coin

     

ONE CENT / ONE PICE 1810

Obverse: Within a beaded circle, the Arms, supporters, crest and motto of the East India Company. The shield carries the cross of St. George. The supporters are lions rampant each bearing a standard. The lions stand on a scroll inscribed with the motto "AUSPICIO REGIS ET SENATUS ANGLIAE" (Under the auspices of the King and the English Parliament). Above the shield is the crest, a lion rampant holding a crown between it's fore paws. Below the motto is the year date. Based on a design by Lewis Pingo.
Reverse: Within a beaded circle near the edge, a circular wreath of lily cups which overlap each other and run clockwise. Within the wreath the Arabic inscription " Pulau Pinang" (Island of Penang). Based on a design by Thomas Wyon.
Edge: Plain
Weight: 9.46 grammes
Diameter: 28 mm
Composition: Copper (Struck at the Royal Mint, London)
Mintage: 1827840 pieces
Varieties: SS29a - Normal date, SS29b - Dot between 18 and 10 in date (18.10), SS29c - Small stroke at bottom of second figure 1 in date due to die crack
Note: Proof coins exist in Copper and Bronze. This coin is under variety SS29a.

photo: obverse of 1828 1 pice Penang coin

photo: reverse of 1828 1 pice Penang coin

ONE CENT / ONE PICE 1828       

Obverse: Similar to 1 Pice 1810
Reverse: Similar to 1 Pice 1810
Edge: Plain
Weight: 8.94 - 9.07 grammes
Diameter: 28mm
Composition: Copper (Struck at the Madras Mint)
Mintage: 235,800 pieces
Varieties: SS31a - 21 Lily cups in wreath on reverse, SS31b - 22 Lily cups in wreath on reverse, SS31c - 23 Lily cups in wreath on reverse, SS31d - 24 Lily cups in wreath on reverse, SS31e - 26 Lily cups in wreath on reverse
Note: This coin is SS31a variety

For now I am searching for 1825 issue, do you have one ?

1. Penang Coat of Arms Series 1 Pice 1810

Image 1: Reverse of the coin

Image 2: Obverse of the coin

Country of Origin: Pulau Pinang (also known as Penang, Prince of Wales' Island, now a part as a country of Malaysia)

Date: 1810

Denomination: One Pice / One Cent

Weight: 9.46g

Edge: Plain

Dimension: Diameter of 28mm

Composition: Copper

Population: 1,827,840 pieces

Reference: SS29, P.16, C.292.1, KN2a

Mint: Royal Mint, London

Category: Normal Circulation CoinEngraver: Lewis Pingo Chief Engraver of Royal Mint, London
Variety : SS29a - Normal Date

      This is a 1 Pice coin from Pulau Pinang dated 1810. On the obverse is the coat of arm of East India Company and the reverse shows Jawi writing "Pulu Pinang" or "Pulau Pinang" in Malay Language. The diameter is 28.0 mm with plain edge. The mintage of this coin is 1 827 840 pieces. The composition of the coin is copper and has weight value of 9.46 grams.

             Some of the details of the coin cannot be seen due to wear. There is actually a phrase in the ribbon of the coat of arms. The phrase is "AUSPICIO REGIS ET SENATUS ANGLIAE" which means that "Under the auspices of the King and the English Parliament". Hence this coin is a clear evidence that our country, or at least Pulau Pinang, once had been conquered by Englishmen.

    It is interesting to see that they use Jawi writing to write the Pulau Pinang instead of romans. Maybe this is one of their strategy to tackle the local or they just simply had to use the Jawi writings in their business here?

   There are 3 varieties that were noted in Saran Singh's book. The varieties are as follow:

• SS 29a - Normal date
• SS 29b - Dot between 18 and 10 in date 18.10
• SS 29c - Small stroke at bottom of second figure 1 in date due to die crack