{"product_id":"rare-type-tin-boat-money-c-1400-1700s-primitive-coinage-of-malaysia","title":"Rare type tin boat-money, c.1400-1700s, primitive coinage of Malaysia","description":"\u003cp\u003ePlain tin \"canoe money\" or \"boat money\", Malay peninsula. Cast tin primitive coin, made in a shape of a canoe or a boat. A smaller-sized piece, 54mm long and 20.53 grams. Cf. Zeno 334830.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis lot includes a single \"boat money\" piece, the scans show the actual piece scanned on both sides.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRare piece, not often seen. For centuries, the tin mines in Malaysia and Indonesia produced large amounts of tin. Nearly all of the pre-Colonial coinage of the region, both conventional and ethnographic forms, was in varying alloys of tin, abundant in the region, and lead, plus copper, ganza, though generally referred to as \"tin.\" References useful for these tin ingot-money include: Singh, Saran \u003cem\u003eThe Coins of Malaysia, Singapore, and Brunei 2nd ed\u003c\/em\u003e. 1996; various works by Mitchiner, Michael, especially an article \u003cem\u003eThe Circulation of Tin in Palembang (Sumatra): It's Monetary and Non-Monetary Functions: Tin and Lead Ingots, Animals and Talismans\u003c\/em\u003e, J.ONS 2013, pp.25-32; Quiggin, A.H. \u003cem\u003eA Survey of Primitive Money\u003c\/em\u003e, 1949; Opitz, Charles \u003cem\u003eAn Ethnographic Study of Traditional Monies, 2000.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"NumisMall.com","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67665955520827,"sku":"xv635a-62225","price":47.25,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0447\/1750\/6710\/files\/w62225.jpg?v=1791319919","url":"https:\/\/www.numismall.com\/products\/rare-type-tin-boat-money-c-1400-1700s-primitive-coinage-of-malaysia","provider":"NumisMall","version":"1.0","type":"link"}