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1 Pitis - Mahmud Badaruddin II
| Issuer | Sultanate of Palembang |
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| Year | 1805 |
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| Shape | Octagonal (8-sided) with a hole |
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| Obverse lettering | مصروف في بلد ڤلمبڠ١٢١٩ (Translation: Money of the Palembang City AH 1219) |
| Reverse description | Plain, unadorned flat field with a large central circular hole. No inscription, design, or device present. The reverse surface bears the characteristic rough texture of cast tin production, with the eight chamfered edges of the octagonal flan clearly defined. |
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Mahmud Badaruddin II ruled Palembang through one of the most turbulent periods in the sultanate's history, navigating between Dutch and British imperial pressure until the Dutch finally abolished the sultanate outright in 1821 following his defeat and subsequent exile to Ternate. This pitis was struck during the relatively stable early years of his reign, before the Anglo-Dutch rivalry over Sumatra's pepper trade made Palembang a direct military flashpoint.
Tin coinage of this type was cast rather than struck, sourced from the sultanate's own deposits in the Bangka region — the same tin wealth that made Palembang worth fighting over in the first place.