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1 Pitis - Khalifatul Mu'minin
| Issuer | Kelantan, Sultanate of |
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| Year | 1770-1882 |
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| Weight | 3.65 g |
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| Obverse description | Central round hole surrounded by a circular Arabic legend reading clockwise from the base toward the outer edge. The inscription is rendered in stylised Arabic script within a plain annular field, with no additional decorative elements. The legend occupies the full width of the coin face between the central perforation and the rim. |
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| Reverse script | Arabic |
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The pitis was the workhorse of small commerce across the Malay peninsula — used for market transactions too trivial for silver, and frequently cast rather than struck, which accounts for the considerable variation in weight and surface quality seen across survivors. Kelantan's tin pitis circulated across a date range spanning over a century, during which the sultanate navigated shifting tributary relationships with both Siam and, later, the encroaching British administration.
The title "Khalifatul Mu'minin" — Commander of the Faithful — reflects the religious authority sultans claimed alongside their political role, a convention borrowed from Abbasid caliphal tradition and adopted widely across Malay Islamic states.