Please Help Identify This 1825 Coin

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hari New Member Guyana 3 Posts	Posted 12/03/2007 06:09 am Can somebody please help identify this 1825 coin. Report this Post to the Staff

Sap Moderator Australia 16837 Posts	Posted 12/03/2007 07:00 am Well, it's the coat of arms of the British East India Company. They made coins for many of their territories, in India as well as other outposts under their control such as St Helena Island. I'd like to see the other side, if possible. The date 1825 matches coinage issued for the Madras Presidency, but the picture doesn't look quite the same as the ones in Krause. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis Report this Post to the Staff
hari New Member Guyana 3 Posts	Posted 12/04/2007 12:09 am This is the other side of the coin. Report this Post to the Staff
echizento Moderator United States 23731 Posts	Posted 12/04/2007 12:35 am I believe this is a 1 cent (1 pice) from Penang KM#15 copper. Penang is on the Malay Peninsula and was part of the Straits Settlements. Edited by echizento 12/04/2007 12:39 am Report this Post to the Staff
Peter THOMAS Pillar of the Community Australia 2830 Posts	Posted 12/04/2007 01:04 am G'day, Penang is an island. It is now a part of Malaysia. It is off the west coast of the Peninsula, in the north of the country. It is connected to the mainland by a bridge. Great food. Peter in Oz Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16837 Posts	Posted 12/04/2007 02:21 am Yep, Penang, known to the colonists as Prince of Wales Island. Yours is either a 1 cent (27mm across) or a 2 cents (31mm across). The catalogue value for both is about the same, $40 in Fine, but yours is in much more worn condition than that. Probably a $5 to $10 coin. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis Report this Post to the Staff
hari New Member Guyana 3 Posts	Posted 12/04/2007 05:08 am Thanks guys,the identity of this coin has eluded me for a long time! Report this Post to the Staff
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