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1 Pitis
| Issuer | Malay peninsula |
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| Value | 1 Pitis (0.1) |
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| Obverse description | Octagonal hammered tin flan bearing a crudely struck Arabic inscription in the central field, arranged in two lines separated by a horizontal dividing bar. The legend is rendered in a simplified, angular script characteristic of Malay tin coinage, with individual characters showing pronounced wear and surface corrosion typical of cast-and-hammered pitis. The flat, unbordered field exhibits an irregular, pitted surface consistent with the low-relief hammered technique employed in Malay peninsula workshops. |
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| Mintage | ND |
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Tin pitis coinage circulated widely across the Malay peninsula from roughly the 17th through 19th centuries, produced by numerous small sultanates with little standardization between them. Tin was the logical medium — the peninsula's smelting operations made it abundantly available, and the metal's low value-per-weight suited the fractional transactions of local markets. Attribution of individual pieces to specific issuing states remains difficult, as many sultanates shared similar designs and minting practices were rarely documented.