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1 Cent
| Issuer | British East India Company |
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| Year | 1787 |
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| Value | 1 Cent/Pice (0.01) |
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| Reverse script | Arabic |
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| Mintage | 1787 |
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The British East India Company's coinage for its Sumatra settlements — issued from Bencoolen (now Bengkulu) — was a commercial necessity rather than a sovereign act. The Company held its West Sumatran pepper trade interests under increasingly precarious terms throughout the late 18th century, and local barter economies demanded a reliable small denomination. Singh's cataloguing of these pieces remains the primary reference, with KM#4 representing one of the better-documented varieties.
Bencoolen was ceded to the Dutch in 1824 under the Anglo-Dutch Treaty, ending Company coinage there entirely.