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Tampang Tin hat
| Issuer | Sultanate of Pahang (Islamic states of Malaysia) |
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| Year | 1820-1878 |
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| Technique | Cast |
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| Obverse description | Square cast tin tampang of hat-money form, presenting a deeply recessed central field enclosed within a stepped, raised square border. The sunken central panel bears four Chinese characters in traditional regular script (楷書), reading 成利公司 (Cheng Li Company), arranged in two columns of two characters each. The surrounding raised border carries a Jawi (Arabic-script) legend reading ملك العدل (The Just Sultan) along the sides, accompanied by the Hijri date ١٢٣٥ (1235 AH). A small square hole pierces the upper margin of the raised border, characteristic of this type. The overall surface exhibits the irregular texture and casting flaws typical of hand-cast Malay tin currency of the period. |
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| Obverse lettering | 成利公司 ملك العدل ١٢٣٥ (Translation: Cheng Li Company The just Sultan 1235) |
| Reverse description | Plain reverse of square cast tin form, displaying a deeply recessed central field with concentric stepped square impressions decreasing toward the centre, a characteristic feature of the tampang hat-money casting technique. The surface is heavily pitted and granular, consistent with the open-mould casting method employed for Malay tin currency. A small square hole is visible near the right margin of the raised border, mirroring the obverse perforation. The field shows no legible inscriptions or devices, the entire reverse serving primarily as the structural counterpart to the inscribed obverse. |
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