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| Emittent | Sultanate of Pontianak |
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| Jahr | 1811 |
| Typ | Standard circulation coin |
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| Aversbeschreibung | Central device depicting a balance scale (scales of justice) with three pellets arranged at the center pivot point, symbolizing equity and just rule. The scale's pans are suspended from a horizontal beam, rendered in a stylized manner characteristic of early 19th-century Southeast Asian Islamic coinage. The Arabic word 'Adil' (meaning 'Just') appears in the field, serving as both a motto and an expression of the sultan's governing principles. The design is set within a plain circular border on a textured field. |
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| Reversschrift | Arabic |
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The Sultanate of Pontianak was established in 1771 by Arab-Malay founder Syarif Abdurrahman Alkadrie, and by 1811 his son Syarif Kasim had assumed rule during one of the most turbulent periods in the region's colonial history — the year the British under Raffles temporarily seized Dutch Java and its dependencies. Whether that disruption influenced local minting decisions at Pontianak is unclear, but coinage issued under Syarif Kasim is scarce and seldom appears outside Indonesian and Dutch collections.
The keping denomination was common across tin- and copper-using sultanates of Borneo and the Malay Peninsula, but Pontianak's issues are among the least documented of the series.