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AUGUST, 1913.]
(1). p. li. footnote are equal in value to a Sp.
(2). p. clavi. In the local currency of Java, 10 copper doits make one wang (a small silver coin) and 12 wang one rupee.
(3). p. clxvii. The following table 5 shows the current value of the different coins circulating in Java :
4 doits make 1 stiver
10
164
190
30
60
120 240 [other variants]66
33
812
320
20
29
33
63 doits make
126
132
10
30
60
120
37
240
THE OBSOLETE MALAY TIN CURRENCY
23
33
V.
Raffles, Java, 1830, Vol. II. Appendix.
The pichis is a small tin coin, of which 200 make a wang, and 28 wang uilar.
"3
33
93
29
1 dubbeltje
1 schelling
1 half rupee (Batavian, Surat or Arcot)
1
rupee (ditto)
1
American or Austrian dollar
1
1
old ducatoon
1 new ducatoon
From these tables can be deduced the following useful scales and inferences :
(1). 200 pichis make 1 28 wang
",
93
1
1
1
1
half sicca rupee (Bengal)
sicca rupee
half Sp. dollar
Sp. dollar
rix-dollar (of account)
5600 pichis to the Sp. dollar.. the pichis here are Chinese cash. Also 24 wang go to the dollar, making 4800 pichis to the dollar. The rix-dollar account) would run 4500 cash to the dollar,
(2).
to the dollar 4 doits
2 stiver
3 dubbeltje
2 schelling
2 half rupees
2 rupees
wang
1 Sp. dollar
10 doits make 1 wang 24 wang 1 dollar
240 doits to the dollar. 2 doit make 1 cent, and the doit is here the Dutch cash.
(3) General scale.
doits
make
99
19
211
1 stiver (cent)
1 dubbeltje (wang)
1 schelling
1 half-rupee (snku)
1 rupee (jampal) 1 dollar
210 doits to the dollar.. 23 doit make 1 cent and the doit is here the Dutch cash.
Selections only; differently stated from Raffles for clearness.
Showing how easily the reports of observers of the old time can be misinterpreted.
