Obverse: C.V.BROOKE RAJAH , around bust of Charles Vyner de Windt Brooke.
Reverse: ONE CENT in two lines within a wreath of two olive branches, small mintmark H under tie; SARAWAK curved above and 1941 below.
KM# 18.

Note: "Issues of copper cents were made in 1937 and 1941, production of each date being continued in 1938 and 1942, respectively. This accounts for the rumour that 1942 cents were struck; but an examination of the Birmingham Mint records indicates that all coins struck early in 1942 merely continued the 1941 date. Of the 1941 cents some 2,016,000 were struck in that year and a further 984,000 in 1942 (including 18,227 by ICI).

Due to the outbreak of the war in South-east Asia in December 1941, however, the entire issue was recalled before it could be dispatched to Sarawak and subsequently melted down. Only about 50 examples of the 1 cent of 1941 are now believed to be in existence."
[Article] James A Mackay, Coin Digest, 1989 Vol.2 No.1.

It is now known that there is a wreck at the bottom of the sea containing a huge amount of these coins, they are all sea water washed and so poor condition. To date, it has not been economically viable for the dive team that discovered the wreck, to recover the coins.

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