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1 Tin Coin
| Issuer | Malay peninsula |
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| Technique | Hammered |
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| Obverse description | Depiction of a fish in low relief, rendered in a stylized, archaic manner characteristic of early Malay peninsula coinage. The fish motif occupies the central field of the flan, facing left, with body contours and fin details lightly impressed into the tin surface. The surrounding field is plain and unlettered. The overall workmanship reflects the primitive hammered technique typical of pre-Islamic Southeast Asian tin coinage. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Tin coinage on the Malay peninsula occupies an unusual place in monetary history — the region supplied the world's tin markets yet struggled for centuries to standardize its own fractional coinage. These small pieces circulated alongside Chinese cash coins and eventually European colonial issues, filling gaps in local trade that neither imported currency adequately served.
Attribution of individual pieces remains contested among specialists; many were struck by private merchants or individual state authorities without central oversight.