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Nederlands-Indië - Lokale muntslag - Borneo, Gongsi lead-tin local cash coin (6.86 gram), "da gang gong si", mining gongsi. In 1776 the 14 mining gongsis around Montrado, formed a federation known as He-shun.
Around 1808 the He-shun federation originally consisting of 14 gongsis had dwindled to only seven members. Early in 1819 a quarrel arose between Da-gang and San-tiao-gou about the presidency of the He-shun federation, resulting in a withdrawal of the latter with its allies Shi-wu-fen and Tai-he. They settled north of the Selakau river, San-tiao-gou with its capital at Seminis and Shi-wu-fen at Loemar. The He-shun federation consisted thus of four gongsis.
After the detection of a conspiracy of Keng-wei and Xin-wu together with San-tiao-gou against Da-gang, these He-shun gongsis were dissolved by Da-gang on 8 October 1837, leaving Da-gang now synonymous with He-shun in absolute power in Montrado until 1854. Some members of the Keng-wei and Xin-wu gongsis migrated eastwards to Tajan and northwards to Sarawak, respectively - VF+ / rare
Ref.: T. D. YIH and J. DE KREEK "The Gongsi Cash Pieces of Western Borneo and Banka in the Ethnographical Museum at Rotterdam" (The Numismatic Chronicle, Vol. 153, London 1993)
Around 1808 the He-shun federation originally consisting of 14 gongsis had dwindled to only seven members. Early in 1819 a quarrel arose between Da-gang and San-tiao-gou about the presidency of the He-shun federation, resulting in a withdrawal of the latter with its allies Shi-wu-fen and Tai-he. They settled north of the Selakau river, San-tiao-gou with its capital at Seminis and Shi-wu-fen at Loemar. The He-shun federation consisted thus of four gongsis.
After the detection of a conspiracy of Keng-wei and Xin-wu together with San-tiao-gou against Da-gang, these He-shun gongsis were dissolved by Da-gang on 8 October 1837, leaving Da-gang now synonymous with He-shun in absolute power in Montrado until 1854. Some members of the Keng-wei and Xin-wu gongsis migrated eastwards to Tajan and northwards to Sarawak, respectively - VF+ / rare
Ref.: T. D. YIH and J. DE KREEK "The Gongsi Cash Pieces of Western Borneo and Banka in the Ethnographical Museum at Rotterdam" (The Numismatic Chronicle, Vol. 153, London 1993)