1 Pitis - Ibrahim Shah

The Sultanate of Selangor was established as a distinct political entity only in the 1740s, when Bugis warriors from Sulawesi consolidated control over the tin-rich Klang Valley after decades of conflict with the Minangkabau and Dutch-aligned forces. Ibrahim Shah ruled during a period when Selangor's tin trade drew increasing European attention, and these pitis circulated in a regional economy where Chinese and Malay merchant networks often operated simultaneously with different monetary conventions. Tin coinage of this type was cast rather than struck, making each piece dimensionally inconsistent despite the catalogued specifications.