Saturday 25 August 2012

BANTAM COIN

BANTAM SULTANATE

From the 13th century the Islam was introduced in Indonesia by trade contact with India and it was established in Sumatra.
The sultanate of Bantam was established at the island of Java between 1550-1813 until the Dutch conquest.
This bronze coin is a cash between 1150-1596
WEIGHT: 2.77GRAM
SIZE: 25MM
OBVERSE: PANGERAN RATU
REVERSE : BLANK

BANTAM TIN COIN

THE SULTANATE OF BANTAM WAS ESTABLISHED AT THE ISLAND OF JAVA BETWEEN 1550-1813.
THIS BANTAM TIN COIN IS A CASH.
OBVERSE: PANGERAN RATU
REVERSE: BLANK
WEIGHT: 2.84GRAM
DIAMETER: 26MM

KEDAH TIN RING COCKEREL 1 CENT

PERIOD: SULTAN MUHAMMAD JIWA ZAINAL SHAH 11 (1710-1773AD)
OBVERSE: TIN COCKEREL
COMPOSITTION: TIN/EACH RING WITH VALUE OF 1 CENT (1 duit)

KEDAH TIN RING COCKEREL 1 CENT 1710-1773



Old history of Malaysia isn't very know for absence of archaeological rests,it was divided in States separated by fluvial valleys.The first kingdom know was Kedah,according to the Chinese and sanskrit sources from the 8th century BCE.After in the century the muslims arrived being Malacca centre of islamic expansion.The Portuguese arrived in 1511 and the Dutch in 1641.
During the 17th century five Sultanates minted coin,JOHOR,PERAK,PAHANG,KELANTAN AND KEDAH,two centuries after the next were TERENGGANU,PERLIS,SELANGOR,NEGERI SEMBILAN AND PAHANG.
Between 1527-1800 a big variety of tin coins was minted.These pieces in the ruler of Kedah Sultan Muhammad Jiwa Zainal Muazzan Shah 11 between 1710-1773.Every ring has had a value of one cent of Spanish Philippines peso.Some of the rings were still in circulation up to the 1850's with equivalence of one ring for 10 pieces of the Singapore Merchant Token (keping)
SIZE BETWEEN 22-40MM
WEIGHT 23GRAMS
CHARATERISTICS : TIN COIN WITH 2 RINGS UNITED
REFERENCE OPITZ P.288

Sunday 19 August 2012

BRUNEI ONE CENT 1304AH (1887)


SULTAN HASHIM JALILUL ALAM AQAMADDIN
OBVERSE: A FIVE POINTED STAR WITHIN A RADIALLY POINTED CIRCLE,AROUND WHICH IS THE JAWI INSCRIPTION "BELANJA PERENTAH BRUNEI SATU SEN SANAT 1304A.H.= 1887
REVERSE: THE FIGURE "1" WITHIN A PLAIN CIRCLE AROUND WHICH IS THE LEGEND "SULTANATE OF BRUNEI 1304"
EDGE:PLAIN
WEIGHT:144GRAINS,9.33GRAMMES
DIAMETER:29MM
COMPOSITION:COPPER
MINT:RALPH HEATON & SONS,BIRMINGHAM,ENGLAND
REF SS50(KM3)

Wednesday 15 August 2012

INDONESIA BANGKA TIN TOKEN KUNGSI CHEN YUNG


INDODESIA BANGKA TIN TOKEN KUNGSI CHEN YUNG
WEIGHT:3.76GRAM
DIAMETER: 26MM
METERIAL: TIN
FOR REFERENCE OF BANGKA TOKENS
1. E.NETSCHER & J.A VAN DER CHIJS(N/C) IN THEIR BOOK:DE MUNTEN VAN NEDERLANDSH INFIE ,BESHREVEN ENAFGEBEELD BATAVIA,LANGE &C0 1863 ONLY 8 TYPES KNOW
* FOUND IN DEEP MUSI SUMATRA RIVER


JAVANESE SILVER MASSA MAJAPAHIT/DAHA


The Javanese silver massa from Daha & Djenggala period
The earliest Javanese coins indentified to date appear to have been minted at the end of the 8 century or at the beginning of the 9th century AD.They were minted in Mataram.
This silver massa coin struck and circulated in Java during the 10th and 11th centuries.During the Javanese Daha and Djenggala period but commonly called "Majapahit Money".
The coin is more stylish than the earlier from cailendra period.
Devanagari charater "MA" on obverse,an abbreviation of "MASSA" is 20 RATTI same standard weight of both Gold & Silver
WEIGHT: 2.39Gram
DIAMETER: 13MM

INDONESIA BANTAM BRONZE COIN

THIS BRONZE COIN IS A CASH BETWEEN 1550-1596
WEIGHT : 2.77GRAM
SIZE : 25MM
OBVERSE:PANGERAN RATU
REVERSE: BLANK

NEGERI SIAK (STATE OF SIAK-SUMATRA) ONE KEPING 1251AH-1835


OBVERSE: IN JAWI "NEGERI SIAK"(STATE OF SIAK)
REVERSE:IN JAWI "SATU KEPING 1251AH"1835/1836
EDGE:PLAIN
WEIGHT:35GRAINS
DIAMETER:21MM
COMPOSITION:COPPER
REF SS59

Saturday 11 August 2012

MALACCA-POTUGESE SOLDO


OBVERSE:CROWNED NATIONAL COAT OF ARMS OF PORTUGAL,THE QUINAS,WITH TRIPLE DOTS BESIDE SHIELD SURROUNDED BY A LINE CIRCLE AND LEGEND " +IOANES 3 RP ET AL DGG" FOR IOAO3R(ex)P(ortugaia)ET AL (garbiorum)D (ei) G (ratia)G(vine),TRANSLATED,(JOAN III BY THE GRACE OF GOD,KING OF PORTUGAL AND ALGARVE,(LORD OF GUINEA)
REVERSE :ARMILLARY SPHERE WITH SIX LINES OF LATITUDE,ECLIPTIC LINE AND TWO MERDIANS REPRESENTED BY CIRCUMFERENCES
EDGE: PLAIN
WEIGHT: 4.30GRAMMES
DIAMETER: 25MM
COMPOSITION: TIN
MINT: MALACCA MINT
REFERENCE : SMK(16) SIMJ3.09

PENANG ONE CENT(PICE) 1787


OBVERSE: THE EAST INDIA COMPANY BALEMARK UNDER IT DATE 1787 DIVIDED BY ROSETTE
REVERSE:INSCRIBED IN ARABIC "JEZIRAH PERRINSA AB WALLIS" (ISLAND PRINCE OF WALES)
EDGE:PLAIN
WEIGHT:120-178GRAINS
DIAMETER:25MM-27MM
COMPOSITION: COOPER STRUCK AT THE CALCUTTA MINT

Friday 10 August 2012

SULTANATE OF PALEMBANG 1776-1803




SULTAN MUHAMMED BAHAUDDIN 1776-1803
PALEMBANG MINT.
FROM 5 TO 11th CENTURY WAS PALEMBANG THE CAPITAL OF THE BUDDHIST DOMINATED KINGDOM OF SRIVIJAYA
THE DESCENT BEGAN IN THE 11th CENTURY WITH PIRATES FROM JAVA AND SOUTH INDIA.
SINCE THE ISLAMIZATION OF SUMATRA IN THE 16th CENTURY IT WAS CAPITAL OF THE SULTANATE.
THE DUTCH INFLUENCE BEGAN IN THE 17th CENTURY, IN 1825 THE SULTANATE WAS ABOLISHED AND THE CITY FELL UNDER DUTCH COLONIAL ADMINISTRATION THAT LASTED UNTIL THE INDEPENDENCE OF INDONESIA 1949.
SULTAN MUHAMMAD BAHAUDDIN BUILT THE PALACE KUTO BESAK.
IN 1821 THE DUTCH ATTACKED AGAIN AND TAKE THE PALEMBANG CITY.
FROM THE 12 TO 15th CENTURY,MANY CHINESE SQUARE-HOLED BRONZE COINS KNOWN AS CASH WERE IMPORTED INTO THE MALAY PENINSULA AND THE ISLANDS WHICH MAKE UP MODERN DAY INDONESIA,INCLUDING SUMATRA.THE IMPORTED CASH BECAME THE STANDARD FORM OF SMALL CHANGE IN THE REGION.FROM THE 17th CENTURY LOCAL COPIES CALLED PITIS WERE MADE OFTEN INSCRIBED IN ARABIC SCRIPT,BECAUSE MOST OF THE LOCAL PEOPLE HAD BECOME MUSLIMS.THIS PITIS FROM SUMATRA IS INSCRIBED IN ARABIC COPPER COIN IN THE KINGDOM OF PALEMBANG YEAR 1198.THE YEAR GIVEN ACCORDING TO THE MUSLIM CALENDER IS EQUIVALENT TO AD1783,THE REVERSE OF THE COIN IS BLANK

PULAU PERCHA TWO KEPING 1251AH(1835/36)


OBVERSE:IN JAWI "PULAU PERCHA" (ISLAND OF PERCHA-SUMATRA)A 16 POINTED STAR ABOVE AND BELOW THE INSCRIPTION
REVERSE:IN JAWI DUA KEPING 1251AH (TWO KEPING 1251AH=1835/36
EDGE; plain
WEIGHT:66GRAINS
DIAMETER:23MM
COMPOSITION:COPPER

Wednesday 8 August 2012

PALEMBANG SULTANTE 1 PITIS


Palembang Sultante 1 pitis
ISSUED ON :1779
COMPOSITION: TIN
DESCRIPTION: AH1193(1776-1804) SULTAN MUHAMMAD BAHAUDIN

Monday 6 August 2012

PENANG ONE CENT(PICE) NO DATE (1786) -uniface


OBVERSE: WITHIN A DOUBLE PLAIN LINE CIRCLE THE BALEMARK OF THE UNITED EAST INDIA COMPANY "VEIC"
REVERSE: BLANK
EDGE:PLAIN
WEIGHT: 220-240GRAINS
DIAMETER:29MM
COMPOSITION:COPPER (STRUCK AT THE CALCUTTA MINT)

Malacca - Dutch doit


After the capture of Malacca from Portuguese,the first Dutch Governor immediately introduced Dutch coinage of the Vereenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie or V.O.C (Dutch East India Company) into Malacca in February 1641.
Coins struck in the Netherlands at various provincial mints for the Dutch verenigde oostindische compagnie EAST INDIA COMPANY 1602-1799 for use in the Netherlands East Indies (N.E.I)
THE SEVEN PROVINCES OF HOLLAND (NETHERLAND) ARE GIVEN BELOW:
1.PROVINCE OF HOLLAND (HOLLANDIA) "HOLL"
2.PROVINCE OF WEST FRIESLAND (WESTFRISIA) "WESTF"
3.PROVINCE OF ZEELAND (ZEELANDIA) "ZEEL" OR "ZEL"
4.PROVINCE OF UTRECHT OR STAD UTRECHT (TRAIECTUM) "TRAI"
5.PROVINCE OF GELDERLAND (GELRIA) "GEL"
6.PROVINCE OF OVERIJSEL OR OVERYSSEL (TRANSISULANIA) "TRANSI"
7.PROVINCE OF GRONINGEN (did not issue any coins for the N.E.I)

MALACCA-DUTCH-ONE DOIT

OBVERSE: CROWNED SHIELD OF THE PROVINCE OF HOLLAND
REVERSE: THE MONOGRAM VOC OF THE DUTCH E.I.C.MINT MARK A ROSETTE BETWEEN TWO DOTS ABOVE.YEAR DATE BELOW.
EDGE: PLAIN
COMPOSITION: COPPER
MINT: DORDRECHT
YEAR: 1744

NEGERI TARUMON


OBVERSE : IN JAWI "NEGERI TARUMON" (STATE OF TARUMON)
REVERSE : IN JAWI"DUA KEPING 1247AH
COMPOTION : COPPER

MALACCA-PORTUGUESE


DINHEIRO
OBVERSE: CROSS OF THE ORDER OF CHRIST WITH EXTREMITIES NEARLY TOUCHING WITHIN THE COMPARTMENT FORMED THE LETTERS "I S M A", I FOR LOANES, S FOR SENHOR,AND MA FOR M(alacc) A,MEANING COIN WAS STRUCK AT MALACCA DURING THE REIGN OF KING JOAN.
REVERSE: ARMILLARY SPHERE WITH RAISED THREE PARALLELS AND ECLIPTICAL BAND FALLING FROM LEFT TO RIGHT WITH PROMINENT DOTS AT THE POLES
EDGE: PLAIN
WEIGHT:3.80GRAMMES
DIAMETER: 16MM
COMPOSITION:TIN
MINT:MALACCA MINT
REF:SIM J3.12 (SMK 20)

MALACCA-PORTUGUESE SOLDO ( BA )


OBVERSE: THREE CROSSED ARROWS TIED IN THE CENTRE FORMING TWO CIRCULAR KNOTS WITH RAISED DOTS BETWEEN ARROW TIPS,DIVIDING THE LETTERS "BA" FOR BAZARUCO
REVERSE:ARMILLARY SPHERE WITH ECLIPTIC BAND FALLING FROM LEFT TO RIGHT ABOVE THREE PARALLELS;RAISED DOTS AT THE EQUATOR AND THE POLES
EDGE:PLAIN
WEIGHT:3.17GRAMMES
DIAMETER:19MM
COMPOSITION: TIN
MINT: MALACCA MINT
REF SIM S.13

JOHOR COIN


JOHOR COIN


Sunday 5 August 2012

penang 1828 Half Pice

OBVERSE:Within a beaded circle,the arms ,supporters,crest and motto of the East India Company.The shield carries the cross of St.George.The supporters are lions rampant each bearing a standard.
REVERCE: Within a beaded circle near the edge, a circular wreath of lily cups which overlap each other and run clockwise.Within the wreath the arabic inscription"Pulau Pinang"(Island of Penang)based on design by Thomas Wyon
COMPOSITION: Copper

KEDAH TIN COIN


SULTAN ABDULLAH AL MUAZZAM SHAH (1698-1710AD)
OBVERSE : BELANJA KEDAH (CURRENCY OF KEDAH)
REVERSE : DARUL AMAN SANAT 1118A.H = 1706AD
COMPOSITION : TIN TRA

Saturday 4 August 2012

INDONESIA BANGKA JOKOH


INDONESIA BANGKA TIN JOKOH KUNGSI PIN LANG PANGKAL PINANG ARABIC
METERIAL TIN
NOTE: FOUND IN DEEP MUSI SUMATRA RIVER

INDONESIA BANGKA JOKOH TIN


INDONESIA BANGKA TIN TOKEN KUNGSI LIE GANG/ARABIA GAMBLING
METERIAL TIN