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1 Tin Coin
| Issuer | Malay peninsula |
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| Diameter | 29.4 mm |
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| Obverse description | Central field dominated by a boldly raised, roughly executed cross motif with four arms of unequal length extending toward the rim, each arm terminating in an irregular, slightly splayed form. The surface exhibits a heavily granular, pitted texture characteristic of cast tin coinage, with natural oxidation and patination across the field. No legend or inscription is present. The design is entirely geometric in character, consistent with the primitive cast coinage tradition of the early Malay Peninsula. |
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| Mintage | ND - 7th - 14th century |
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Tin coinage on the Malay peninsula developed largely outside formal state minting — many issues were produced by Chinese merchant syndicates and individual kangchu settlement operators who needed small-denomination currency for the gambier and pepper plantation economy. Authentication of specific issues remains genuinely difficult, as the same basic types were struck across multiple Straits settlements with no meaningful centralized oversight.