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Description: | A copper alloy disc originally thought to be a Post-Medieval weight. The upper surface has a circular border containing a heart. The heart is sub-divided with a semi-circular area on each side. It contains the letters V over EI (each within a subdivision) over C. A number 4 is above the heart. These are probably a maker's initials. The reverse is undecorated.Paul Cannon wrote on the 28th September 2011.I believe this to be a coin and not a weight. According to Michael Mitchiner in "The World of Islam: Oriental Coins and their Values" (1977) item 3967 on p471, this is a one cent coin issued by the British during their occupation of Penang (part of present day Malaya). The image is the bale mark of the East India Company and the other side is intentially blank. Penang became a British possession and was ceded to the British East India Company in 1786 who had control there until 1858.
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