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1 Pitis - Kali Malik Al-Adil
| Issuer | Trengganu, Sultanate of |
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| Year | 1700-1800 |
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| Weight | 0.65 g |
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| Obverse description | Central field occupied by a two-line Arabic inscription reading 'Kali Malik al-Adil' (The Reign of the Just Ruler), rendered in a bold, archaic Jawi-influenced script characteristic of Malay tin pitis coinage. The legend is divided horizontally across the flan, with the upper line occupying the top half and the lower line the bottom half of the coin's face. The flan is irregularly shaped and slightly uneven, consistent with the hand-cast production methods typical of 18th-century Trengganu tin coinage. The field shows a plain, unadorned background with no border or additional decorative elements. |
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| Obverse script | Arabic |
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Trengganu's tin pitis circulated in a coastal economy where the metal itself was locally abundant — the peninsula's tin trade dominated regional commerce long before European powers formalized their control over it. These small-denomination pieces were functional exchange tokens in a market economy that ran on them by the thousands, which is precisely why so few survive in any condition worth noting.
Kali Malik Al-Adil is not among the better-documented Trengganu rulers, and attributing these pieces to a specific reign within the broad 18th-century window remains contested among specialists. Singh's SS 32–34 grouping acknowledges the ambiguity rather than resolving it.