© PCGS
© PCGS
20 Cents - Labuk Planting Company Limited ND
| Copper | 4.43 g | 25.49 mm |
| Location | Malaya and British Borneo (British Malaysia) |
|---|---|
| Type | Trade tokens › Work encampment, mine and wage tokens |
| Years | 1890-1899 |
| Value | 20 Cents (0.20) |
| Currency | Dollar (1953-1967) |
| Composition | Copper |
| Weight | 4.43 g |
| Diameter | 25.49 mm |
| Thickness | 1.29 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Technique | Milled |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Updated | 2024-11-14 |
| Numista | N#62570 |
|---|---|
| Rarity index | 95% |
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Value and legend
Script: Latin
Lettering:
THE LABUK PLANTING COMPANY LIMITED
20
CENTS
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Comment
An interesting extract from the archive:In 1890 "Manila Hemp" was cultivated in British North Borneo by the Labuk Planting Company, Limited, and the fibre raised on their estates was satisfactorily reported on by the Rope Works in Hong-Kong.
In, view of the present scarcity of live-stock, hemp, which needs no buffalo tillage, would seem to be the most hopeful crop of the future. It will probably advance as fast as sugar cultivation is receding, and command a good remunerative price. Moreover, as already explained! not being distinctly a season crop as sugar is, nor requiring expensive machinery 10 produce it, its cultivation is: the most recommendable to American colonists.
