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1/4 Cent Pattern - J. Brooke Broad Flan
| Issuer | Government of Sarawak |
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| Year | 1863 |
| Type | Coin pattern |
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| Obverse description | Bare-headed bust of James Brooke, first White Rajah of Sarawak, facing left, rendered in high relief with naturalistic detail. The portrait displays strong facial features and wavy hair, characteristic of mid-Victorian engraving style. The legend J. BROOKE RAJAH curves along the upper periphery of the broad flan, with the inscription divided on either side of the effigy. The field is smooth and slightly concave around the portrait, consistent with a pattern striking on an enlarged flan. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Sarawak's currency in the early 1860s was a patchwork of foreign trade coins, and James Brooke — the first White Rajah — had been pushing for a proper local coinage since acquiring his extraordinary personal sovereignty over the territory in 1841. This piece is a pattern flan struck during the transition to his nephew Charles Johnson Brooke's increasing administrative control, produced to test specifications before any circulating coinage was committed to production.
The broad flan designation distinguishes it from the narrower planchet trials of the same period. Neither variant reached circulation; the first confirmed circulating Sarawak coinage dates to 1863 under the KM#1 issue proper.