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1 Pitis - Muhammad Bahauddin
| Issuer | Palembang, Sultanate of |
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| Year | 1786 |
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| Weight | 0.47 g |
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| Obverse script | Arabic |
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| Reverse description | Plain, uninscribed annular field surrounding the central round hole, with no devices, legends, or decorative elements. The surface exhibits the characteristic granular texture of cast tin, with natural patination and oxidation consistent with age. The reverse is entirely blank, serving as the undecorated face of this cast pitis issue. |
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Palembang's tin pitis coinage emerged from one of the most tin-rich regions in the archipelago, with the Bangka deposits — controlled through tribute arrangements with the Dutch VOC — funding much of the Sultanate's political maneuvering in the late 18th century. Muhammad Bahauddin, who reigned from roughly 1776 to 1803, navigated an increasingly aggressive Dutch presence while maintaining enough autonomy to issue coinage in his own name. The extreme lightness of these pieces reflects endemic tin inflation; base metal was abundant enough that the intrinsic value was essentially negligible from the start.