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Auction: 21125 - Spink Numismatic e-Circular 11: Indian & Islamic Coins
Lot: 7242

(x) Netherlands East Indies, Singapore, Tokens, Poeloe Samboe, uniface tinned iron 1-Cent, .p. sambce stamped in circle around value (LaWe 559b; SS 107, Pr.-), some tiny dots in the patina, otherwise about as struck, abut uncirculated and very rare

Scholten notes that this was an island around 10 miles from 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