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1 Pitis - Malik Al-Adil
| Issuer | Trengganu, Sultanate of |
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| Year | 1700-1800 |
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| Currency | Keping (1709-1909) |
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| Obverse script | Arabic |
| Obverse lettering | ملك آلعادل (Translation: The just ruler) |
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Trengganu's tin pitis coinage circulated in a sultanate that sat at a crossroads between the Siamese tributary system to the north and Dutch and British commercial pressure from the coast. These crude cast pieces were produced locally using tin — Trengganu had reliable access to tin through trade networks across the peninsula — alloyed with lead to lower the melting point and ease casting. Attribution to Malik Al-Adil is complicated by the sultanate's inconsistent regnal dating, and the broad 1700–1800 window assigned to this type reflects genuine uncertainty rather than scholarly laziness.