Pitis were the workhorse small change of the Malay tin trade, produced by individual sultanates using locally smelted tin — the same metal that made the peninsula one of the most economically contested territories in Southeast Asia. Attribution of unmarked or poorly struck pieces to specific states remains genuinely difficult, and catalogers frequently disagree.
Pitis were the workhorse small change of the Malay tin trade, produced by individual sultanates using locally smelted tin — the same metal that made the peninsula one of the most economically contested territories in Southeast Asia. Attribution of unmarked or poorly struck pieces to specific states remains genuinely difficult, and catalogers frequently disagree.