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1 Pitis - Malik Al-Adil

Issuer Trengganu, Sultanate of
Year 1700-1800
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Shape Round
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Obverse script Arabic
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Mintage ND (1700-1800)
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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.

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