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10 Cents - Charles Brooke Rajah
| Issuer | Sarawak |
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| Year | 1900-1915 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse description | The large numeral 10 is displayed prominently at the centre of the field, enclosed within a circular border formed by a twisted rope tied with a reef knot at the base. The date appears above the rope circle in the upper portion of the field, and the word TEN is inscribed to the left while CENTS appears to the right, both reading vertically along the inner margin between the rope circle and the beaded rim. The Heaton Mint mark H is visible below the rope knot at the bottom of the field. The entire design is framed by a beaded outer border. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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Charles Brooke, the second White Rajah of Sarawak, inherited the territory from his uncle James in 1868 and governed it as a personal fiefdom answerable to no colonial office — an arrangement that made Sarawak's coinage genuinely sovereign rather than a colonial issue administered from London. The Brooke family contracted minting to the Heaton Mint in Birmingham throughout this period, as the Royal Mint had no appetite for private raj business.
The .800 fineness was a deliberate choice, matching the silver standard of regional trade coinage circulating through the Straits and Borneo markets.