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Tampang Tin Hat - Jiu Li

Tampang (Tin Hat) - Jiu Li - obverseTampang (Tin Hat) - Jiu Li - reverse

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Features

Issuer Sultanate of Pahang (Islamic states of Malaysia)
Type Standard circulation coins
Year 1235 (1820)
Calendar Islamic (Hijri)
Composition Tin
Weight 218 g
Shape Square
Technique Cast
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
467786

Obverse

Four-sided pyramid with a peak in the middle. Chinese text on peak and and Arabic text on plinth/edge

Scripts: Chinese (traditional, regular script), Jawi, Arabic

Lettering:
就 利
ملك العدل
١٢٣٥

Translation:
Jiu Liu
The just Sultan
1235

Reverse

Four-sided pyramid with a peak in the middle.

Comments

This tampang is issued by a local Chinese guild known as the Cheng Li Kongsi. It copied the local currency system of the time and included some jawi/arabic.  This tampang specimen is unlisted and very likely issued in extremely limited quantities of circulation.

 

         

Year in arab ١٢٣٥ (1235 AH)            Malik al adil inscription: the ruler

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1235 (1820) 

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