1 Cash - Shidan Libao
Features
| Issuer |
Sultanate of Palembang
(Indonesian States)  |
|---|---|
| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| Years | 1600-1658 |
| Value | 1 Cash |
| Currency | Keping |
| Composition | Tin |
| Weight | 0.47 g |
| Diameter | 18.7 mm |
| Thickness | 0.5 mm |
| Shape | Round with a square hole |
| Technique | Cast |
| Orientation | Coin alignment ↑↓ |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 108379 |
| References | HCM# 121 Henricus Christiaan Millies; 1871. Recherches sur les monnaies des indigènes de l'archipel Indien et de la péninsule Malaie. Martinus Nijhoff, The Hague, Netherlands. , Palembang# 1Palembang Coins (http://www.fsrcoin.com/palembang.html) |
Obverse
Four Chinese ideograms read top to bottom, right to left.
Script: Chinese
Lettering:
史
寶 利
丹
Unabridged legend: shi dan li bao (Mandarin)/su tan li po (Hokkien)
Translation: The sultan's profitable currency
Reverse
Plain
Edge
Plain
Comments
The inscription and find spot of this coin has caused several readings and attributions. Millies (1871:53-54, Plate XV) attribute them to Cirebon but more recent hoard finds suggest Palembang as the more likely issuer. Mitchiner (2012:36) date these coins to a period between 1600–1658, corresponding to the reign of Pangeran Madi Angsoko (1595–1629) to Sri Susuhunan Abdurrahman (1659-1706) in the Palembang Sultanate.
Millies (1871:54), Yih (2010:28-29), and Mitchiner (2012:35-36) concurred that 史丹 is a phonetic transcription of "sultan" and 利寶 is meant to be read semantically as "profitable currency". This inscription is not directly traceable to a specific ruler, although there are various fanciful attributions such as Sultan Li Poh mentioned in the Sejarah Malayu or Ming Dynasty abscondee Liang Daoming who allegedly became king of Palembang in Srivijaya. See Robinson (2015) for variants.
See:
Millies (1871:54), Yih (2010:28-29), and Mitchiner (2012:35-36) concurred that 史丹 is a phonetic transcription of "sultan" and 利寶 is meant to be read semantically as "profitable currency". This inscription is not directly traceable to a specific ruler, although there are various fanciful attributions such as Sultan Li Poh mentioned in the Sejarah Malayu or Ming Dynasty abscondee Liang Daoming who allegedly became king of Palembang in Srivijaya. See Robinson (2015) for variants.
See:
- Millies, Henricus Christiaan (1871). Recherches sur les Monnaies des Indigènes de L'Archipel Indien et de la Péninsule Malaie.
- Mitchiner, Michael (2012). "Coin Circulation in Palembang (Sumatra), circa AD 1710 to 1825. Including Coins made in Banten, Siak, Kampar, Indragiri, Jambi, Palembang and Batavia."
- Robinson, Frank S. (2015). Palembang Coins.
- Yih, Tjong Ding (2010). "Tiny pitis inscribed "Shi-Dan" (Sultan) from Palembang."
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | Frequency | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| ND (1600-1658) | Pal#1 (18-19 mm) | 81% | |||||||||||||
| ND (1600-1658) | Pal#1.1 (15-16 mm) | 16% | |||||||||||||
| ND (1600-1658) | Pal#1.2 "Right and left characters reversed" (17-18 mm) | 16% | |||||||||||||
| ND (1600-1658) | Pal#1.3 "Shi Dan Tong Bao" (16 mm) | 0% | |||||||||||||
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