Catalog
1 Keping Thin flan
| Issuer | British East India Company |
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| Year | 1804 |
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| Thickness | 0.75 mm |
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| Reverse lettering | ١ سات ﻛﭭڠ ١٢١٩ (Translation: One keping AH 1219) |
| Edge | Plain |
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The 1804 Keping was struck for circulation in the Straits Settlements — Penang, Malacca, and Singapore — where the Company needed small-denomination coinage to function in local trade networks dominated by fractional transactions. The thin flan variety is a recognized production variant, likely the result of adjusted blank stock rather than deliberate policy, and examples frequently show weak peripheral detail owing to insufficient metal flow at the dies' edges.