1786 3 Kep, BN PR63BN 认证号13202362, PCGS号405284

BRITISH SUMATRA. 1786. Copper. PROOF THREE KEPINGS. Balemark, date below. Denomination, date & legend. KM# 259.1. PCGS PR63BN.Lovely chocolate tone, tidy surfaces.To the degree that the copper coins of Bencoolen pre-date the coinage struck by the British for use at Penang, they are an excellent record of the early efforts of the British to gain a toe-hold in the lucrative spice and opium trade of South East Asia.As the very first coins struck by Matthew Boulton – indisputably the father of industrialized coinage, the copper coins of Bencoolen are of further importance to collectors of British and British colonial coinage