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________________ APRIL, 1913.) THE OBSOLETE MALAY TIN QURRENOY 93 In addition to the above specimens Mr. T. A. Joyce has sent me accurate weighments of others in the British Museum (Nos. 1905-11-16-1 to 8) and in his own collection. Mr. Skeat has also weighed some in his. The actual weights are as under : British Name Maвeam Skeat solleotion collection gajah (elephant) 18,185 grs. 1,522 grs. 15,480 1,980 ayam (cock) 1,910 2,727 2,788 grs. 1,785 1,450 1,348 550 880 547 buaya (crocodile) 96,42045 16,625 9,720 1,865 166 The practical identity of some of these specimens as representatives of currency and their relative proportion to each other is obvious. It is also clear that they have not been accurately cast, and so, for the purposes of this enquiry, I have tarned their weight in grains into their approximately equivalent weight in ounces avoirdupois. These specimens may in this way be tabulated as follows: Standard Tables of Gambar Currenoy. No. 2: Messrs. Joyoe and Skent's weighments. “Pagoda ” Soale. "Sugarloaf” Soale, weight in Os. av." weight in os. av." conto of actual nominal RAMO Domias actual dollar Approx. ayam 111 ayam (8) 400 ayam gajah ayam (8) 465 ayam buaya gajah ayam ayam ayam (8) 10 227 227 buaya 35+ gajah 88 buaya 184 413 gajah 317 60% buaya 16e 46 One log apparently broken off. "ha Mr. Joyoe conjootures that this specimon is a lisard or insect. I rather think it is meant for a prooodilo. ** See ante, p. 88. *** All the weighments are by Mr. Joyce except those marked (8) Which are by Mr. Skont. ** Two specimens. "Mntilated and now under original weight cents of DADO Approx. 154
SR No.032534
Book TitleIndian Antiquary Vol 42
Original Sutra AuthorN/A
AuthorRichard Carnac Temple, Devadatta Ramkrishna Bhandarkar
PublisherSwati Publications
Publication Year1984
Total Pages400
LanguageEnglish
ClassificationBook_English
File Size16 MB
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