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Auction: 21125 - Spink Numismatic e-Circular 11: Indian & Islamic Coins
Lot: 7241

(x) Netherlands East Indies, Singapore, Tokens, Poeloe Bukom, uniface tinned iron 1-Cent, undated (c.1920), .p. bukom stamped in circle around value (LaWe 555; SS 105, Pr.79), a tiny surface mark on edge, otherwise about as struck, abut uncirculated and very rare

This was an island around 3 miles south of Singapore that was used for extracting petroleum by the Dutch. During World War I there was a great shortage of small change in the area, so these were produced to pay the native workers.

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Sold for
£320

Starting price
£280