1 Pitis - Alamat Sultan round hole

The Sultanate of Palembang occupied a strategically lucrative position controlling river trade into the Sumatran interior, and its tin coinage reflects a monetary system built more on local convention than on external influence. The round-holed pitis format was common across the Malay world precisely because tin was abundant and cheap — coins could be struck or cast in enormous quantities and strung on cord through the central hole for ease of counting and carrying.

The 1658–1710 date range spans the reigns of multiple sultans, and attribution of specific pieces within this type to individual rulers remains unresolved in the literature.