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1 Pitis - Muhammad Bahauddin

Issuer Sultanate of Palembang (Indonesian States)
Year 1193 (1779)
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Value 1 Pitis (0.1)
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Obverse script Arabic
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Edge Plain
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Muhammad Bahauddin ruled Palembang from 1776 to 1803, navigating an increasingly difficult position between Dutch VOC pressure and the interior pepper trade that funded his court. The pitis was the workhorse denomination of everyday Sumatran commerce — tin was locally abundant from regional smelting, and these small cast pieces circulated alongside Chinese cash coins in the markets of Palembang's riverine economy. The VOC's grip on the sultanate tightened considerably after 1811, making issues from Bahauddin's earlier reign the last struck with any real monetary autonomy.

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