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1 Pitis - Muhammad IV
| Issuer | Sultanate of Kelantan |
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| Year | 1903 |
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| Currency | Keping (1801-1909) |
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| Reverse description | Central round hole surrounded by Arabic legend arranged across the annular field, reading 'Duriba fi Dhu'l-Hijja 1321' (Minted in the month of Dhu'l-Hijjah, AH 1321). The inscription records both the month and the Hijri year of minting, a feature distinctive to Kelantan tin pitis. The script is deeply impressed into the cast tin surface, consistent with traditional Malay keping manufacture. |
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| Reverse lettering | ضرب في ذو الحجة١٣٢١ (Translation: Minted in the month of Dhu`l-Ḥijjah year AH 1321) |
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The pitis was the workhorse small denomination of the Malay sultanates, struck in tin because the peninsula had it in abundance and silver was too valuable for petty trade. Kelantan's issues from this period were produced under Muhammad IV while the state remained nominally independent — the Anglo-Siamese Treaty formalizing British influence over Kelantan wouldn't come until 1909, six years after this piece was struck.
Tin pitis from Kelantan are frequently found corroded or misshapen, the metal being particularly unforgiving in the region's humidity.