thenickelguy Posted September 10, 2022 · Member Share Posted September 10, 2022 (edited) I received 5 of these tin/lead composition thin coins as a gift and I am pretty sure that they are not very valuable, I do think they are better examples than the usual encountered and I find them quite interesting and do like having them. I think I have identified 2 so far before finding this webpage http://www.fsrcoin.com/palembang.html which should help me figure out more about the rest. These are all from the Polynesian isle of Sumatra and are most likely from the later half of the 1700's to the early 1800's. There were counterfeits and it is possible I have any number of authentic or contemporary counterfeits in this lot. This one I believe is Indonesia Palembang Sultanate Pitis Teboh struck 1803-1804 Sultan Mahmud Badaruddin II (1767–1852) This one I believe is Indonesia Palembang Sultanate Pitis Teboh dated 1219(AH) struck 1804 AD Sultan Mahmud Badaruddin II (1767–1852) This one I believe is Indonesia Palembang Sultanate Pitis Teboh Muhammad Bahauddin 1776 – 1804 Palembang tin pitis private imitation of undated type. 'Fi' sideways, no dots. Palembang tin pitis Robinson type 11 (or similar), very crude calligraphy Edited September 15, 2022 by thenickelguy 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thenickelguy Posted September 11, 2022 · Member Author Share Posted September 11, 2022 (edited) I am arriving at the conclusion that without a book with extensive information and images of issues, I am not going to identify 3 of these. I think I'm lucky I figured out two. (I think I did anyway) If anyone can help without going through too much trouble, I'd appreciate any added info. I have rotated these to match up with others I have found and no luck. I can't even figure out dates and where they are if they are located on the coins. I still like these very much, it would be so nice to label the holders with info. Thank you! A picture showing them all. I think I figured out the 3rd and 4th ones. Edited September 11, 2022 by thenickelguy added image 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thenickelguy Posted September 12, 2022 · Member Author Share Posted September 12, 2022 Still working on this . . . The fourth one down in the group image just above this post appears to show the Arabic date 1203 (at the top) I believe this might date the coin to have been struck after 1788, Oct 2 and before 1789, Sep 21 according to this conversion table. This date coincides with the reign of Sultan Muhammad Bahauddin 1776 – 1804 webpage https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/intro/islam-calendar.htm 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thenickelguy Posted September 12, 2022 · Member Author Share Posted September 12, 2022 (edited) I think I have identified another two. (Top one in group picture) I compare mine with one found on zeno.ru website. https://www.zeno.ru/showphoto.php?photo=285787 Palembang tin pitis private imitation of undated type 'Fi' sideways, no dots. The next one I think is dated 1219 (1804 AD) Sultan Mahmud Badaruddin II (1767–1852) and much like numerous similar looking examples I found. It most resembles 10.44 in this image, close but I think I have the sultan and date right. from http://www.fsrcoin.com/palembang.html Mine on the left. Edited September 12, 2022 by thenickelguy 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thenickelguy Posted September 15, 2022 · Member Author Share Posted September 15, 2022 (edited) All 5 of these have more info added in the first post since I opened this topic. Thanks for the help all. By the way, feel free to post your examples of course. None of my started threads are ever just for my stuff. Edited September 15, 2022 by thenickelguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spaniard Posted September 15, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted September 15, 2022 @thenickelguy.... Excellent research, well done! Very interesting series of coins that I knew very little about so thanks for the thread.. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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