Wednesday, September 21, 2011

148. Kelantan Pitis ss9

image 1: obverse and reverse of the coin

image 2: inscriptions on the coin
image 3: inscriptions reworked with translation in Roman


This is one of my Kelantan pitis tin coins that was acquired some weeks ago. As you can refer to image 2 and image 3, the inscription in yellow is unidentified. Saran Singh tried to identify this as "Karam".

Category Coin > Malay Sultanate > Kelantan
Country Of Origin Kelantan (Now a state, a part of Malaysia)
Date 1840 
Grade -
Denomination One Pitis / One Keping
Shape Round
Weight 6.73g average from SS
Diameter 28mm - 30mm from SS
Thickness -
Composition Tin
Population Unknown
Reference SS9, P.183
Mint
Category Normal Circulation Coinage
Demonetized Yes
Engraver/Designer -
Designer's Initial -
Mint Mark -
Variety 3 variety.
Edge Plain
Obverse In Jawi, "Khalifatul Mukminin" - Ruler of the Faithful
Reverse In Jawi, "Karam? Duriba Sanat 1256 (1840)"
Edge Plain
Extra Note

6 comments:

Ibrahim Bakar said...

CONGRATULATIONS. NICE POST N EFFORTS.....

Unknown said...

Nice inscriptions.

mnfaj said...

Hi Ibrahim Bakar,
Thank you. If what I try to convey or share here is not accurate, I am very appreciate if you can correct or give me additional information.

mnfaj said...

Hi Mr Dickson,
Thank you. I also hope you can provide more information regarding this tin coin, so we can share with everyone here. Thank you. :)

lunaticg said...

Nice collection bro. Like your table design.
I wish my pitis collection will be improving in the near future.

mnfaj said...

Thank you. It seems that Blogspot does not provide any Table options to use it in our entries. I had to relook at the HTML language again. Still finding ways on how to add borders to my table. Haha so troublesome.

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