I know this is a "world" coin, but I was somewhat taken aback at how much it looked like a US large cent.
You made me have to google what a Sarawak was. Very interesting history! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarawak
It made me want to see the obverse, so I used numista (https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces11398.html) to find it. Interesting coin, thanks for the post.