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1 Keping Cockerel facing left, Ugi
| Issuer | Sulawesi |
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| Year | 1835 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Reverse description | A stylized sixteen-petalled flower, identified as the bloom of the tanjung tree (Mimusops elengi), occupies the central field. A Lontara script legend encircles the floral device, and the date in Western Arabic numerals appears at the bottom of the field. The design is framed by a beaded border. |
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| Reverse lettering | ᨓᨊᨘᨓᨈᨊᨕᨘᨁᨗ ᨔᨙᨉᨗᨀᨙᨄᨙ 1250 (Translation: Land of Bugis, one keping AH 1250 (=AD 1834)) |
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Ugi — now rendered as Wajo — was one of the most powerful Bugis kingdoms in southern Sulawesi, and its tin and copper kepings circulated alongside Dutch colonial coinage without ever being formally sanctioned by Batavia. This 1835 issue belongs to a loose family of Bugis trade tokens whose authorization came entirely from local rulers resisting Dutch monetary encroachment rather than accommodating it. The Singh and Pridmore references disagree on die classification for this type, suggesting multiple working dies were in use simultaneously — not unusual for a decentralized mint producing on demand.