152. Kelantan Pitis ss8

image 1: obverse and reverse of Specimen 1

image 2: obverse and reverse of Specimen 2

image 3: inscriptions on Specimen 2

   
       My pair of Kelantan Pitis coins. According to my source, this series is among the rarest of Kelantan Pitis, even rarer than the first Pitis, SS1. Relatively, while my source has a few hundred pieces of pitis coins, he only has 2 pieces of this coin, one in extra fine condition and another in good condition (refer to Image 1). The one in extra fine condition will cost me few hundreds, hence I resorted to a poor condition (Specimen 1).

    And today, I acquired another coin of this series, by a pure luck. Plus, it has an extra feature. It seems this coin has a set of "horns".

   Upon acquisition of the second coin, I decided to part myself with the first coin. But only later I found out that those coins are of different varieties, perhaps they came from different mould sets. A beauty of Malay Sultanate coinage.

Category	Coin > Malay Sultanate > Kelantan
Country Of Origin	Kelantan (Now a state, a part of Malaysia)
Date	1170 - 1882
Grade	G / EF
Denomination	One Pitis / One Keping
Shape	Round
Weight	6.73g average from SS
Diameter	29mm - 30mm from SS
Thickness	-
Composition	Tin
Population	Unknown
Reference	SS8, P.126
Mint
Category	Normal Circulation Coinage
Demonetized	Yes
Engraver/Designer	-
Designer's Initial	-
Mint Mark	-
Variety	2 varieties.
Edge	Plain
Obverse	Within a plain circle, in Jawi, "Khalifatul Mukminin" - Ruler of the Faithful
Reverse	Two plain line circles between the edge and the central hole
Extra Note	Rarity level indicated by Saran Singh is R out of RRRR and RR out of RRRR for retrogaded inscription.