Brunei 1 cent 1887 (AH1304) 

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Catalogue information

LastDodo number
6719009
Area
Coins
Title
Brunei 1 cent 1887 (AH1304)
Country
Brunei
Face value
0,01 dollar (1 cent, 1 sen)
Year
1887
Variety / overstrike
Era
Brunei - Sultanate (1885-present)
Head of State
Hashim Jalilul Alam Aqamaddin van Brunei (1885-1906)
Type
Coin
Designer
Unknown
Series
Theme
Stars
Material
Copper (Cu)
Weight
9.05
Diameter
28.83
Thickness
1.8
Punch
Medal alignment
Shape
Round
Obverse
SULTANATE of BRUNEI 1 • 1304 •
Reverse
Edge
Plain
Privy mark
None
Mint mark
No (Heaton, Birmingham)
Number produced
1.000.000
Krause and Mishler number
KM# 3
Catalogue number
Mitch WI# 3981
Details
This coin today is normally in worn condition, due to it's metal composition. These coins were struck in pure copper instead of bronze (a mixture of copper and tin), and were thus much softer compared with other coins being used in Brunei at the time. Birmingham minted one million of these coins. But the Sultan's decree in 1906 demonetized the British and Mexican Dollars and the nickel coinage of North Borneo, with which Brunei was flooded, to make the Straits Settlements dollar the only legal tender, effectively banning all other coins, including the Sultan's own duit bintang. The duit bintang was the last coin officially produced by the Sultans of Brunei. The next modern coin was that produced in 1967 by Sultan Haji Omar 'Ali Saifuddien the 28th Sultan in Brunei.