Tampang Tin hat
Features
| Issuer |
Sultanate of Pahang
(Islamic states of Malaysia)  |
|---|---|
| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| Years | 1235-1295 (1820-1878) |
| Calendar | Islamic (Hijri) |
| Composition | Tin |
| Weight | 269.01 g |
| Size | 79 × 79 mm |
| Shape | Square |
| Technique | Cast |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 466705 |
Obverse
Four-sided pyramid with a peak in the middle. Chinese text on peak and and retrograde Arabic text on plinth/edge.
Scripts: Chinese (traditional, regular script), Jawi, Arabic
Lettering:
成利公司
ملك العدل
١٢٣٥
Translation:
Cheng Li Company
The just Sultan
1235
Reverse
Four-sided pyramid with a peak in the middle.
Comments
Known by some other names including Tin Hat, Pyramid or Pagoda money. They were an early form of currency with a value that was calculated against the amount of tin by weight which could be exchanged for one Spanish Silver dollar.
The coin is comparable to SS-14 in Saran Singh's (1984) The encyclopaedia of the coins of Malaysia, Singapore, and Brunei, 1400-1986. Exact match however is not found in the catalogue
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| 1235 (1820) | |||||||||||||||
| 1295 (1878) | |||||||||||||||
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Numista Rarity index: 97
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