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1 Cent - James Brooke Rajah
| Issuer | Sarawak |
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| Year | 1863 |
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| Reference(s) | KM#3a, Pr#31a |
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| Obverse lettering | J. BROOKE RAJAH |
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| Edge | Plain |
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James Brooke acquired Sarawak in 1841 through a combination of military assistance to the Sultan of Brunei and calculated diplomacy — a private individual who became the ruler of a sovereign territory. These coins were struck in Birmingham, as the Birmingham Mint handled virtually all of Sarawak's coinage requirements throughout the Brooke dynasty's reign. The bronze-plated copper composition of this particular issue, rather than solid bronze, is the distinguishing characteristic that separates KM#3a from its parent type, and surviving examples frequently show plating separation at the edges.