162. Sarawak 1 cent 1870 with chinese characters

image 1: obverse and reverse of the coin

image 2: obverse of the coin

image 3: chinese characters on the coin

This coin was acquired at an antique shop at Kota Tinggi, Johor.

There are Chinese characters which were being etched by a sharp object onto this coin. As I am illiterate in Chinese, many thanks goes to blogger whycollect for helping me deciphering these Chinese characters.

The characters read as "Da Tou Xian", which he supposes the etcher wanted to imply "God of Longevity".

And another commentator, Kreditanstalt, had suggested that the characters "Da Tao Xian" could also lead to A Foreign's (Orang Puteh's) Cent. This is because the term "Xian" had been used to indicate "Cent" on early Hong Kong stamps and terms "Da Tao" is also used to indicate a foreigner.


It is quite interesting I suppose.

Collection of En Naseer.

161. 20 sen 1968 lamination error 20%

image 1: obverse and reverse of the coin

image 2: lamination of the coin

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        I would like to express my gratitude to my fellow bloggers friends, depankanta, whycollect and Dickson for correcting me. At first I thought that this is a strike through cloth error coin. But it seems my imagination dragged me too much.

       This is actually a lamination error coin. Lamination error is categorized under Planchet Error/Defect. A lamination error occurs when the surface of the coin looks like it is being peeled off. It is also caused by impurities in the metal used in the blanking process or by some debris that was in the stamping dies.

      About 20% of the area on reverse get affected by the lamination.

     A lamination error coin is a random error. No two lamination error coins are exactly same.

{original entry}

        At the first sight, I thought that this is a heavily stained coin. But upon close inspection, I suspect that this could be a strike through error coin, probably strike through a piece of cloth?

           Strike through error coin happens when foreign object came into the striking chamber, hence become struck into along the coins. Even remnants of the foreign object, or the whole object itself, sometime can be found stuck inside the coin.

         The weight of this coin is 5.59g, only 0.06g less than the supposed weight, 5.65g. Circulated coins are always having lower weight than the actual weight due to wear.

160. JOHOR KATUN SS24

image 1: obverse and reverse of the coin 1

image 2: inscriptions on the coin 1

image 3: obverse and reverse of coin 2

image 4: inscriptions on the coin 2

image 4: 

These are my favourite Johor Katun coins.

I find being able to read and write in Jawi is an advantage in collecting Malay Sultanate Coins. My friend, En. Nasser even has been able to read some Chinese characters in his Chinese Cash Coins collection.

If some Katun coins are not quite interesting as they are plain, these are not. Some Arabic letterings were placed in unusual manners. This could be a form of calligraphy or old spellings. The Jawi which I rewrote in image 4 are according to current standard writings.

Category	Coin > Malay Sultanate Coin > Johor
Country Of Origin	Johore (Now a state, a part of Malaysia)
Date	Unknown
Grade	-
Denomination	One Katun
Shape	Round
Weight	0.90g each (0.91g from SS)
Diameter	19mm each (12mm to 15mm from SS)
Thickness	-
Composition	Tin
Population	Unknown
Reference	SS24
Mint	-
Category	Normal Circulation Coinage
Demonetized	Yes
Engraver/Designer	-
Variety	Unknown
Edge	Plain
Obverse	In Jawi, "Al Adil" (the Just) stamped on a bar.
Reverse	In Jawi, "Sultan" (Ruler) circled by a line
Edge	Plain
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