1 Cash - Guangdao Jubao
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Features
| Issuer |
Bangka Island
(Indonesian States)  |
|---|---|
| Type | Emergency coinage › Merchant tokens |
| Years | 1710-1825 |
| Composition | Tin |
| Weight | 4.60 g |
| Diameter | 27.7 mm |
| Thickness | 1.35 mm |
| Shape | Round with a square hole |
| Orientation | Coin alignment ↑↓ |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 108064 |
Obverse
Four Chinese ideograms read top to bottom, right to left.
Script: Chinese (traditional, regular script)
Lettering:
光
寶 聚
道
Unabridged legend: guang dao ju bao (Mandarin)/kwong thao ts’i pao (Hakka)
Reverse
Two Chinese ideograms read right to left.
Script: Chinese (traditional, regular script)
Lettering: 記 源
Unabridged legend: yuan ji (Mandarin)/yan ki (Hakka)
Comments
Since the discovery of its tin deposit in 1710, Bangka provided the raw materials for much of Palembang's base coinage until the island was lost to the British in 1812. The Palembang Sultanate mandated that the predominantly Chinese mining communities in Bangka to mint their own Chinese-styled tokens as opposed to "regular" Malay-styled coins issued by the Sultanate. However, according to Mitchiner & Yih (2013:32), there is little doubt that some of the Bangka tokens circulated within Palembang as the island was administered directly from the city.
See:
- Millies, Henricus Christiaan (1871). Recherches sur les Monnaies des Indigènes de l'Archipel Indien et de la Pèninsule Malaie.
- Mitchiner, Michael and Tjong Ding Yih (2013). "Coin Circulation in Palembang (Sumatra), circa AD 1710 to 1825. Sultanate coins minted at Palembang."
- Mitchiner, Michael and Tjong Ding Yih (2014). "Coin Circulation in Palembang (Sumatra), circa AD 1710 to 1825. Coins minted for the mining communities on Bangka Island."
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
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| ND (1710-1825) | |||||||||||||||
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