Coins: A Preliminary List

Goh Geok Yian, Nanyang Technological University Singapore, and John N. Miksic, National University of Singapore & Nanyang Technological University Singapore

18 February 2022

British

  • (1) King George VI (1 cent) square coin, 1939, from Sq 5AS3
  • (2) King George VI (1 cent), 1940 from Sq 2B2S3
  • (3) King George VI (1 cent), 1943 from Sq 4D2S2
  • (4) King George VI (1 cent), 1945 from Sq 4B3S1
  • (5) King George VI (1 cent), year unknown, general surface find
  • (6) King George VI (1 cent), year unknown, from Sq 4B3S1
  • (7) King George VI (5 cents), 1950, from Sq 4D3S2
  • (8) King George VI (20 cents), 1943
  • (9) George V King and Emperor of India (5 cents), 1920, from Sq 2B4S6
  • (10) Straits Settlement Queen Victoria, (1 cent), circa 1827,from Sq 4D3S1
  • (11) Queen Victoria (1 cent), year unknown, from Sq 4C2S7
  • (12) Queen Victoria (1 cent), year unknown, from Sq 4C2S3
  • (13) British North Borneo (1 cent), 1888, from Sq 2B4S5
  • (14) Malaya and British Borneo (1 sen), 1962

Merchant Token

  • (1) Island of Sultana series (1 keping), AH 1219 or 1804 from Sq 5AS3

Chinese

  • (1) Republic of China (10 cash) coin commemorating the birth of the country either 1912 or between 1914–16 from near Sq 4AS0
  • (2) Guangxu tung pao (1875–1908), from 4C3S5
  • (3) Guangxu yuan pao (1875–1908), general surface find
  • (4) Kangxi tung pao (1662–1722), from Sq 4D3S5
  • (5) Hong Kong coin (10 cents), year unknown, from Sq 4C3S3

Dutch

  • (1–3) 3 x VOC coins, from Sq 4D3S5, 2B2S5, 2B4S4
  • (4) Nederlandish Indie (1G), 1945, from Sq 5B(i)S3
  • (5) Nederl Indie (1/4 stuiver), 1823, from Sq IB2S5
Fig 20. Excavation of Square I in progress as seen from Level 2 of the building
Fig 20. Excavation of Square I in progress as seen from Level 2 of the building
Fig 21. Stone marbles
Fig 21. Stone marbles

Supported by National Heritage Board Heritage Research Grant, Singapore. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Heritage Board, Singapore.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.56159/sitereport10