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<p>[QUOTE="TuckHard, post: 4855158, member: 102653"]I just got this early Indonesian coin that is based on the Chinese copper cash coins with the iconic square hole, but the sultanate that issued this coin had a funny habit of making the center hole six-sided instead. This coin was actually listed as Japanese online so I was glad to get it. It has been suggested that the <i>Ja</i> character on the reverse (can hardly see on my example) stands for Jayakarta Mint, the only other main port ruled by the sultanate at the time.</p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH=full]1172382[/ATTACH] </p> <p style="text-align: center">Bantam (Banten) Sultanate of West Java</p> <p style="text-align: center">Jayakarta Mint ?</p> <p style="text-align: center">c. 1546-1596 CE</p> <p style="text-align: center">AE Cash | 2.28 grams | 24mm</p> <p style="text-align: center">Obv: Pangeran Ratu</p> <p style="text-align: center">Rev: Ja</p> <p style="text-align: center">See Zeno#<a href="https://www.zeno.ru/showphoto.php?photo=241268" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.zeno.ru/showphoto.php?photo=241268" rel="nofollow">241268</a></p><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="TuckHard, post: 4855158, member: 102653"]I just got this early Indonesian coin that is based on the Chinese copper cash coins with the iconic square hole, but the sultanate that issued this coin had a funny habit of making the center hole six-sided instead. This coin was actually listed as Japanese online so I was glad to get it. It has been suggested that the [I]Ja[/I] character on the reverse (can hardly see on my example) stands for Jayakarta Mint, the only other main port ruled by the sultanate at the time. [CENTER][ATTACH=full]1172382[/ATTACH] Bantam (Banten) Sultanate of West Java Jayakarta Mint ? c. 1546-1596 CE AE Cash | 2.28 grams | 24mm Obv: Pangeran Ratu Rev: Ja See Zeno#[URL='https://www.zeno.ru/showphoto.php?photo=241268']241268[/URL][/CENTER][/QUOTE]
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