Monday 19 January 2015

Sarawak Rajah Charles Brooke 1 Cent Coin

In this article, you can find Rajah Charles Brooke one cent coin prices, image, issued years and mintage info. There are two versions of this coin, a normal copper coin and central hole copper coin. The earlier copper 1 cent followed the previous design on James Brooke Copper coins.

Changes on the 1 cent design occurred because of a complaints by the Straits Settlements Government in 1891, that the Sarawak coin designs are similar with the Strait Settlements coins. As a result, from 1892 until 1897 new copper 1 cent coins with a centre hole and a smaller portrait of the Rajah Charles Brooke were released, to avoid confusion with the Strait Settlements coins.

sarawak penny
Rajah Charles Johnson Brooke 1 cent coin
The coin obverse show Head of Charles Brooke facing left; around, "C. BROOKE RAJAH". The coin reverse show ONE CENT within a laurel wreath; around above, SARAWAK; below, Year.

Technical Specifications:
Denomination: 1 Cent
Issued By: Charles Johnson Brooke, Sarawak
Year: 1870, 1879, 1880, 1882, 1884, 1885, 1886, 1887, 1888, 1889, 1889H, 1890H, 1891, 1891H
Shape: Round
Material: Copper
Dimensions: 29 mm (Diameter)
Weight: 9.16 g
Coin Edge:Plain
Mint: Smith & Wright, Birmingham, England; H-Heaton Mint.
Artist: ?
References: KM#6.


Sarawak Rajah Charles Brooke 1 cent coin price:
Year Mintage Note V.Fine E.Fine Uncirculated Proof
1870 unknown - 20 45 210 930
1879 unknown - 20 45 210 930
1880 unkown - 20 45 210 930
1882 unkown - 12 35 210 2000
1884 1,070,000 - 12 35 150 2800
1885 2,140,000 - 10 25 150 930
1886 2,140,000 - 10 25 150 930
1887 1,605,000 - 12 35 190 930
1888 2,133,333 - 10 25 150 930
1889 3,200,000 - 10 25 150 -
1889H Inc above - 10 25 150 1900
1890H 3,210,000 - 10 25 150 -
1891 1,623,888 - 20 45 200 -
1891H Inc above - 20 45 200 -

*Price in US Dollar

During Rajah Charles Johnson Brooke’s rule, the State of Sarawak was placed under British protection in 1888 and the governor or the Straits Settlements was appointed Agent of Sarawak. As a protectorate of Britain, Sarawak gained a parliamentary government. Investment in state infrastructure included a railway and the development of natural resources after oil was discovered.

In 1889, responsibility for ordering the coins was transferred to the British North Borneo Company in London and henceforward the coins were impressed with the H mint mark of the Heaton Mint. Thus the cent dated 1889 exists in two versions, with or without the H mint mark which appears on the reverse, below the ribbon of the wreath. Some 3,210,000 cents were struck that year, equally divided between those with and without the mint mark. All of the cents issued in 1890 had the mint mark, but in 1891 only about two-thirds of the mintage (1,623,888 in all) bore the letter H, while the others were unmarked.

Brooke hole coin
Rajah Charles Johnson Brooke 1 cent central hole coin
The coin obverse show head of Charles J. Brooke facing left above central hole; below hole, crossed flags; around, C. BROOKE RAJAH. The coin reverse show within laurel wreath and above central hole, ONE; below hole, CENT; above wreath, SARAWAK; below wreath Year; mint mark, H, above date.

Technical Specifications:
Denomination: 1 Cent
Issued By: Charles Johnson Brooke, Sarawak
Year: 1892H, 1893H, 1894H, 1896H, 1897H
Shape: Round, central hole
Material: Copper
Dimensions: 29.5 mm (Diameter)
Weight: 9.25 g
Coin Edge:Plain
Mint: Smith & Wright, Birmingham, England; H-Heaton Mint.
Artist: ?
References: KM#7.


Sarawak Rajah Charles Brooke 1 cent central hole coin price:
Year Mintage Note V.Fine E.Fine Uncirculated Proof
1892H 1,088,889 - 15 60 190 1550
1893H 1,633,888 - 15 50 170 -
1894H 1,632,776 - 15 50 170 -
1896H 1,088,889 - 15 60 190 1550
1897H 1,088,889 - 15 60 190 -

*Price in US Dollar