Indian Antiquary Vol 42

Author(s): Richard Carnac Temple, Devadatta Ramkrishna Bhandarkar
Publisher: Swati Publications

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THE INDIAN ANTIQUARY
[JUNĖ, 1913.
7. Patani. Ou my visiting the office of the Customs clerk, a Patani-born Hokien (Chinese), in company with Luang Phrom, the clerk produced two of the old casb-trees, which had been cast before the making of cash had been prohibited by the Siatrese Government, and also some cash of Jering. 8. Patani: Jering. Present coinage.
20 pitis or kõping make 1 konděri 80 pitis or 4 konděri 1 kupang
640 pitis or 8 kupang2 » 1 dollar In the last reign the coinage was as follows :
15 pitis of képing make 1 kěnděri 60 pitis, or 4 kěnděri 1 kupang
480 pitis or 8 kapang24) 1 dollar The alteration was due to a change in the price of tin. The tin cash-trees may have from 10 to 12 or 15 coins on them.
9. Patani-Jering. I bought at Jering some gold dinar, there called mas kupang (gold kupang), which were brought round by an old Haji. He said that they had been dug up in a bottle at Bukit Kuwong about 18 to 20 years ago (writing in 1899 ) by a Siamese, and that as they were considered treasure trove, balf of them had gone as usual to the Raja and balf to the finder. Traditionally they are supposed to bave been struck by Raja Merkah after his conversion to Islam. Another kind, struck on one side only, is said to have been minted by his wife after his decease. The traditional diameter of coins of this kind is alleged to be that of blossoms of the tanjong tree, but the two I bought were a little smaller. One of them bad a rude figure of a bull on it, and the other that of a horse and both had Arabic inscriptions. One of them had had a small eyelet-hole added to the edge of the coin, which was intended (I was told ) to enable it to be worn round a child's neck to benefit the child's eyes.
10. Patuni-Jering. The new British dollar is called here perak toka' (tongkat, or the " staff silver" piece ), on account of the trident borne by the figure of Britannia. The peruk naga or "dragon-silver" piece (Chinese Canton dollar) is now charged here at a discount of from one to two kindări ( saga kenderi, candareen ).
11. Patani Jering. At Penarik, Singapore cents were by no means well or generally understood, but nevertheless they were accepted, though I had to get help in explaining what they were. 12. Patani-Teluban. Coinage. 12 pitis
make 1 kčndori 48 pitis or 4 kčnděri
1 kupang ( sa-tali ) 25 320 pitis 26 or 8 kupang
1 dollar Formerly the coinage was as follows:-- 10 pitis
make 1 kčndori 40 pitis or 4 konděri
1 kupang 820 pitis or 8 ku pang
1 dollar The statement that 320 cash instead of 884 went to the dollar in Teluban may have been due to the old associations of the time when 10 pitis went to the kindëri. It cannot point merely to an appreciation of the pitis, as that would have evenly affected the scale throughout.
13. Patani-Ligeh. At Tanjong-mas we found that the pitis of Teluban were current there as well as the pitis of Ligeh. These last bore inscriptions :--(1) chaping (képing ) Al
24 Here the ku pang = the tali, 24 But should be 384.
Showing the kupang to equal the tali.