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1 Pitis - Muhammad Bahauddin
| Issuer | Sultanate of Palembang (Indonesian States) |
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| Year | 1198 (1784) |
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| Shape | Round with a round hole |
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| Reverse description | Completely plain and uninscribed annular field surrounding the central round perforation, with no legend, device, or decorative motif. The surface exhibits the rough, porous texture characteristic of sand-cast copper coinage, with natural casting irregularities visible across the field. The rim is undecorated and slightly irregular, consistent with the hand-finishing methods employed at the Palembang mint during the reign of Sultan Muhammad Bahauddin. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Muhammad Bahauddin ruled Palembang from 1776 to 1803, navigating the sultanate through intensifying Dutch VOC pressure while maintaining enough autonomy to strike his own coinage. The pitis was the workhorse of small commerce in the Malay world — tin and copper fractions used in the markets and river trade that Palembang depended on, given its position controlling the Musi River and the interior Sumatran pepper routes.
The VOC's effective monopoly over Palembang's tin output made independent copper coinage a practical assertion of local authority. Bahauddin's issues are among the better-documented of the Palembang series, though surviving specimens vary considerably in flan quality due to rudimentary local casting methods.