One Cent 1889, Coin from Sarawak

One Cent 1889, Coin from Sarawak (demonetised 1953)

Coin	One Cent 1889

The one cent coin was the most popular denomination of the Sarawak dollar. Coins issued in 1889 circulated for 53 years until the Japanese occupation forces replaced them with their own invasion currency in 1942. After the war, Sarawak did not regain independence and eventually became one of the states forming the Federation of Malaysia.

Mint	Heaton and Sons (Birmingham Mint)	Mint Mark	No mint mark	Total Mintage	3,200,000 (3.2 million)

Obverse
Head of Charles Brooke, the second Rajah of Sarawak, facing left. Around, the monarch's legend C. BROOKE RAJAH.

Obverse Inscription	C. BROOKE RAJAH

Reverse

The value and denomination ONE CENT is in two lines within a wreath of two olive branches; around above, SARAWAK; below the wreath, the date 1889.

Roughly half of the coins of this year have no mint mark; on the rest, the mint mark H of the Birmingham Mint (previously known as Heaton and Sons) is above the date.

Reverse Inscription	ONE CENT SARAWAK 1889

Edge	Plain	Edge Inscription	None

Notes

Some Sarawak one cent coins of 1889 had a mint mark and some did not.

Krause catalogues list mintage of 535,000.

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One Cent 1889: Known varieties

Variety	Proof (no mint mark)
Mintage	Issued: unknown
Variety	Proof (H mint mark)
Mintage	Issued: unknown
Variety	With mint mark
Mintage	Issued: unknown (included in total)

One Cent 1889: References to Information Used

Source	Edition	About	Link	Notes
Encyclopaedia of the Coins of Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei	1986	Coin description
Remick, Catalogue of British Commonwealth Coins	1971	Mint
The Coins of Malaysia	1969	Mintage
Remick, Catalogue of British Commonwealth Coins	1971	Mintage
Encyclopaedia of the Coins of Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei		Varieties		Proof
Museums Victoria Collections	2016	Design	link

All (24) coins of type: One Cent

Coin Name	Mintage	Effigy	Legend
One Cent 1863	unknown	James Brooke by Joseph Moore	J. BROOKE RAJAH
One Cent 1870	unknown	Charles Brooke, Rajah of Sarawak	C. BROOKE RAJAH
One Cent 1879	750,000	Charles Brooke, Rajah of Sarawak	C. BROOKE RAJAH
One Cent 1880	1,070,000	Charles Brooke, Rajah of Sarawak	C. BROOKE RAJAH
One Cent 1882	1,070,000	Charles Brooke, Rajah of Sarawak	C. BROOKE RAJAH
One Cent 1884	1,070,000	Charles Brooke, Rajah of Sarawak	C. BROOKE RAJAH
One Cent 1885	2,140,000	Charles Brooke, Rajah of Sarawak	C. BROOKE RAJAH
One Cent 1886	2,014,000	Charles Brooke, Rajah of Sarawak	C. BROOKE RAJAH
One Cent 1887	1,605,000	Charles Brooke, Rajah of Sarawak	C. BROOKE RAJAH
One Cent 1888	2,133,333	Charles Brooke, Rajah of Sarawak	C. BROOKE RAJAH
One Cent 1889	3,200,000	Charles Brooke, Rajah of Sarawak	C. BROOKE RAJAH
One Cent 1890	3,210,000	Charles Brooke, Rajah of Sarawak	C. BROOKE RAJAH
One Cent 1891	1,623,888	Charles Brooke, Rajah of Sarawak	C. BROOKE RAJAH
One Cent 1892	1,088,889	Charles Brooke, Rajah of Sarawak	C. BROOKE RAJAH
One Cent 1893	1,633,888	Charles Brooke, Rajah of Sarawak	C. BROOKE RAJAH
One Cent 1894	1,632,776	Charles Brooke, Rajah of Sarawak	C. BROOKE RAJAH
One Cent 1896	1,088,889	Charles Brooke, Rajah of Sarawak	C. BROOKE RAJAH
One Cent 1897	1,088,889	Charles Brooke, Rajah of Sarawak	C. BROOKE RAJAH
One Cent 1920	5,000,000	Charles Vyner Brooke, Rajah of Sarawak	C. V. BROOKE RAJAH · SARAWAK ·
One Cent 1927	5,000,000	Charles Vyner Brooke, Rajah of Sarawak	C. V. BROOKE RAJAH
One Cent 1929	2,000,000	Charles Vyner Brooke, Rajah of Sarawak	C. V. BROOKE RAJAH
One Cent 1930	3,000,000	Charles Vyner Brooke, Rajah of Sarawak	C. V. BROOKE RAJAH
One Cent 1937	3,000,000	Charles Vyner Brooke, Rajah of Sarawak	C. V. BROOKE RAJAH
One Cent 1941	3,000,000	Charles Vyner Brooke, Rajah of Sarawak	C. V. BROOKE RAJAH

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One Cent 1889: Details

Country	Sarawak
Currency	Sarawak Dollar
Coin Type	One Cent (Copper)
Issued	1889
Monarch	Charles Brooke, Rajah
Effigy	Charles Brooke, Rajah of Sarawak
Face Value	1 (x Cent)
Total Mintage	3,200,000 (3.2 million)
Current	No; demonetised 1953
Material	Copper
Designer	Joseph Moore
Technology	Milled (machine-made)
Shape	Round
Orientation	Medal Alignment (Axis 0)
Size	29.0000 mm
Mass	9.3300 g
OCC ID	QBVY-XEWR-CNLR-OJZN

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One Cent 1889: Photos

Image	Details
	Coin - 1 Cent, Sarawak, 1889 Copyright: Museums Victoria / CC BY Author: Jennifer McNair Notes: H mint mark. Source
	Coin - 1 Cent, Sarawak, 1889 Copyright: Museums Victoria / CC BY Author: Jennifer McNair Source
	Bronze cent, Birmingham, 1889 Copyright: American Numismatic Society / CC BY NC Notes: H mint mark. Source
	Bronze cent, Birmingham, 1889 Copyright: American Numismatic Society / CC BY NC Source
	Bronze cent, Birmingham, 1889 Copyright: American Numismatic Society / CC BY NC Notes: No mint mark. Source
	Bronze cent, Birmingham, 1889 Copyright: American Numismatic Society / CC BY NC Source

One Cent 1889: Catalogue Reference IDs

Source	Reference ID
Encyclopaedia of the Coins of Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei	Sarawak SS 9
Krause, Standard Catalog of World Coins	Sarawak KM# 6

Relevant Links

Museums Victoria: Coin - 1 Cent, Sarawak, 1889

American Numismatic Society: Bronze cent, Birmingham, 1889

One Cent 1889, Coin from Sarawak - detailed information