Tin "canoe money" or "boat money" from Sumatra, Indonesia. Cast tin coin, made in a shape of a canoe or a boat, plain type without decorations. Has three intact loops for suspension. A thick short piece, 57 mm long and 20.83 grams (quarter denomination of the long decorated piece).

Only a single piece is included in this lot - the two scans represent each side of the coin.

This piece has three intact loops and would make excellent and unusual pendants. Rare piece, not often seen. For centuries, the tin mines in Malaysia and Indonesia produced large amounts of tin. This tin was made into religious sculptures that were exported as far as India, into imitations of Chinese cash coins and into these curious "canoe-money" or "boat-money" that widely circulate as money in Indonesia and Malaysia. This type was manufactured in Sumatra.