Prince Edward Island

[Dumanyu]

Prince Edward Island
1871 One Cent
KM# 4
Bronze
Mintage: 2,000,000

[NumisMatty]

Oh man...that coin is killing me, I have been reading all about Raffles and his being sent to Prince Edward island and that' a straits settlement coin.... nice acquisition Sir!
...now I recall it's other name was Penang

[Dumanyu]

Matty,
    Correct me if I'm wrong, but you go in for the Straits Settlement coins, do you not?

[NumisMatty]

Yes, that's why I said all o' that 

[Sap]

Um, this coin is from Prince Edward Island, now a province of Canada. Not Prince of Wales Island a.k.a. Penang, Straits Settlements (now Malaysia).

[Sap]

Here is what a 1 cent coin of Prince of Wales Island looks like. KM 13. It's another East India Company territory. The Malay-Arabic text on the reverse simply says "Pulu Penang", Penang Island.

[ElleKitty]

I was wondering about that...  I should have said something sooner.  Just didn't make much sense seeing as how PEI is on the Eastern Side of Canada, in the Atlantic.

[Dumanyu]

I was a little thrown off by that as well.
No offense meant, Matty.

[NumisMatty]

I noticed yesterday whilst doing an ebay search that this was indeed a case of two different places - two different Prince Ed' Islands!
And I almost made a bid for a coin which isn't from the Straits Settlements, which is what I collect.... 

[scottishmoney]

PEI is where Anne of Green Gables was set and is a popular tourist attraction thereof.