Book Title: Indian Antiquary Vol 42
Author(s): Richard Carnac Temple, Devadatta Ramkrishna Bhandarkar
Publisher: Swati Publications
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THE INDIAN ANTIQUARY
[JUNE, 1913.
34. Negri Sembilan. Names for ourrency, from report in J. R. A. S., Straits Branch No. 18, pp. 356 f. sa-wang
= 2 cents. sa-perak Ba-kupang $-suku s'-omeh (sa 'mas) sa-liku33
centa dua-liku tiga-liku
and so on to 29 cents
= 52}
Ba-'ng baharu3*
= 27 cente Sa-tali = 5-'ng babarusia = 12; sa-lįku-'ng babara dua-lika-'ng baharu
= 55 . duapuloh omeh
= 10 dollars omeh duapuloh duapuloh sa-ropi
dua-bšlas sa-rčpi346 35. Singapore and Peninsula. Dollars recently in use.
Average
Parts Name.
Parts weight
pure in ge.
Bilver. Hongkong
416
900
100 Old Mexican
4161
898
102 New Mexican
417}
898
102 Japanese
416
900
100 American Trade
420
900
100 British
416
900
100 36. Perlio, N. of Kedah. A certain amount of tin is exported from Perlis : 60-70 kali=1 jongkong or slab. In Selangor and Perak, the slabs are called köping or jongkong, and the smaller pieces buku. The shape of the slab was roughly that of the tampang, which was a clear imitation of it. This seems to be a strong link between the tin currency and the system of blocks or slabs in which the tin is actually cast,
alloy.
keping or jongkong
tampang
93 Lekor (liku) is the coeffloient of the numerals between 20 and 80+ so satu-Lokor (na-likw) is 21 and so on.
* Wang baharu, new coin: used in Malacca for small obsolete silver coin. The phrase still means 2 cente in scoounts.
Ha The original bas S'ng baharu, which, as Mr. Blagden ha pointed out, is a misprint for 5 'ng balar.
14) The last three statements are not oloar. Omeh dua puloh and duapuloh sa-röpi are evidently equivalentes Ju lae aa-rupi means olearly another kind of dpi (piece). Apparently duapulo 8-rdpi means " piece of 20" -7 dollars, and dua-bilas (bölas, coefficient of numerals between 10 and 20) sa-rapi, "s piece of 12" = 4 dollars. If this reading be correot, the proportion is not quite right, me 7: 4:5 18 produces 84: 80. If, however, the two sides of the equation are intended to tally, mai duaruloh would seem to mean " gold piece of 20," whatever " 20" refers to
