On reverse below the double-bitted axe blade are the letters "BK" which are thought to represent "Bauruk Khauzad", meaning "Axes of the Dwarves". These coins would have been small change to the Dwarves... possibly enough to buy a half-pint of ale. The coin weighs about 9 grams of ...
The quarter has a Malay Haroon Mosque, the Sri Mariamman Hindu temple, the Portuguese Holy Rosary Church, and other shrines. Some of the oldest buildings to look at are the Portuguese Legation from the 1700s, the Old Customs House from 1880, the East Asiatic Company building form 1901, the...