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1 Pitis - Muhammad II
| Issuer | Kelantan, Sultanate of |
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| Year | 1883 |
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| Weight | 5 g |
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| Obverse description | Central circular hole surrounded by an Arabic legend arranged in a circular band, read clockwise from the base toward the outer edge. The inscription occupies the field between the central perforation and the plain rim, with no additional decorative elements. The lettering is in a traditional Arabic script characteristic of Malay sultanate coinage of the late nineteenth century. |
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| Obverse lettering | دام سمع ملكى دولة كلنتن (Translation: Permanent be the prosperity of Kelantan) |
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Muhammad II ruled Kelantan during a period of intensifying British pressure on the Malay sultanates, and this tin pitis was struck just years before the 1909 Anglo-Siamese Treaty formally transferred suzerainty over Kelantan to Britain. Tin coinage of this type was cast or struck locally and circulated alongside a chaotic mix of imported foreign silver, Chinese cash, and privately produced tokens — small denominations like the pitis rarely travelled far from the markets they served.
Tin's susceptibility to "tin pest" at low temperatures and to oxide corrosion in humid tropical conditions means genuinely problem-free survivors are harder to locate than the modest face value would suggest.