152. Kelantan Pitis ss8

image 1: obverse and reverse of Specimen 1

image 2: obverse and reverse of Specimen 2

image 3: inscriptions on Specimen 2

   
       My pair of Kelantan Pitis coins. According to my source, this series is among the rarest of Kelantan Pitis, even rarer than the first Pitis, SS1. Relatively, while my source has a few hundred pieces of pitis coins, he only has 2 pieces of this coin, one in extra fine condition and another in good condition (refer to Image 1). The one in extra fine condition will cost me few hundreds, hence I resorted to a poor condition (Specimen 1).

    And today, I acquired another coin of this series, by a pure luck. Plus, it has an extra feature. It seems this coin has a set of "horns".

   Upon acquisition of the second coin, I decided to part myself with the first coin. But only later I found out that those coins are of different varieties, perhaps they came from different mould sets. A beauty of Malay Sultanate coinage.

Category	Coin > Malay Sultanate > Kelantan
Country Of Origin	Kelantan (Now a state, a part of Malaysia)
Date	1170 - 1882
Grade	G / EF
Denomination	One Pitis / One Keping
Shape	Round
Weight	6.73g average from SS
Diameter	29mm - 30mm from SS
Thickness	-
Composition	Tin
Population	Unknown
Reference	SS8, P.126
Mint
Category	Normal Circulation Coinage
Demonetized	Yes
Engraver/Designer	-
Designer's Initial	-
Mint Mark	-
Variety	2 varieties.
Edge	Plain
Obverse	Within a plain circle, in Jawi, "Khalifatul Mukminin" - Ruler of the Faithful
Reverse	Two plain line circles between the edge and the central hole
Extra Note	Rarity level indicated by Saran Singh is R out of RRRR and RR out of RRRR for retrogaded inscription.

151. 10 SEN 1982 DIE CRACK PROGRESSION?

image 1: obverse and reverse of Coin A

image 2: obverse and reverse of Coin B

image 3: side-by-side comparison of coin A and Coin B

                     Just found the first die crack error coin, Coin A yesterday with my friend in his piggy bank. Quickly I asked him to own this coin as I remember I bought a quite similar crack error coin sometime ago. Could it be a die crack progression set? Both are dated 1982 and they could came from the same dies set. Upon close inspection, I think the crack on Coin A is situated exactly as crack on Coin B, but they are of different nature. The crack of Coin A seems heading a little bit south-west while on Coin B it headed straight bottom. Just my wild initial analysis. What do you think?

150. 10 sen 1999 off-center strike

image 1: obverse and reverse of the coin

This is an off-centre strike error coin, dated 1999 10 cent Malaysia.

This type of error happens when the planchet is not fed into the coin press correctly, and only certain part of the coin is struck.

There is a difference between an off-centre strike error coin and misaligned die error coin. The difference is a misaligned die error coin is struck in collar but on of the dies (the design) is off centered, while an off center is struck out of collar

To be qualified as an off-centre strike error coin, both the obverse and reverse must be equally off centre and part of the designs elements must be missing

Off-centre strike error coin is a random error, no two specimens are ever exactly alike.

Collectors usually categorized this error in terms percentage of how much the design is missing and the location of the miss-struck. In this case, this is an approximately 10% off-centre, located at 3 o'clock at obverse.

In this specimen, I observed that there are additional features.

At 6 o'clock, there is a "peeled" metal, located at obverse. What had caused this?

And there is also a "scratch" on obverse, around 11 to 12 o'clock.

I love to see the fishtailing of word "BANK" on reverse and the patina on the surfaces of this coin. Considering that this specimen was found among the circulation coin, I guess that I must be in a real luck to meet this coin.



Reference: http://dniewcollectors.blogspot.com/

149. Johor Penjuru Coin Sultan Abdul Jalil Shah

image 1: obverse and reverse of the coin

One step further into Malay Sultanate coinage. This is truly my first silver coin from group Malay Sultanates. As I still do not have proper instruments to measure its weight, its diameter is approximately 16mm. And it is currently unlisted in Saran Singh's book, nor I can find it elsewhere on the Net. Any comments would be very appreciated. Thanks.

148. Kelantan Pitis ss9

image 1: obverse and reverse of the coin

image 2: inscriptions on the coin

image 3: inscriptions reworked with translation in Roman

This is one of my Kelantan pitis tin coins that was acquired some weeks ago. As you can refer to image 2 and image 3, the inscription in yellow is unidentified. Saran Singh tried to identify this as "Karam".

Category	Coin > Malay Sultanate > Kelantan
Country Of Origin	Kelantan (Now a state, a part of Malaysia)
Date	1840
Grade	-
Denomination	One Pitis / One Keping
Shape	Round
Weight	6.73g average from SS
Diameter	28mm - 30mm from SS
Thickness	-
Composition	Tin
Population	Unknown
Reference	SS9, P.183
Mint
Category	Normal Circulation Coinage
Demonetized	Yes
Engraver/Designer	-
Designer's Initial	-
Mint Mark	-
Variety	3 variety.
Edge	Plain
Obverse	In Jawi, "Khalifatul Mukminin" - Ruler of the Faithful
Reverse	In Jawi, "Karam? Duriba Sanat 1256 (1840)"
Edge	Plain
Extra Note

147. Penang 2 Pice 1828 - 27 lily cups variety

image 1: obverse and reverse of the coin

Owh no, my second coin of 2 Pice 1828, in a different variety.

Category	Coin > Penang
Country Of Origin	Penang (Now a state, a part of Malaysia)
Date	1828
Grade	-
Denomination	Two Pice
Shape	Round
Weight	18.72g to 18.98g from SS
Diameter	31.5mm from SS
Thickness	-
Composition	Copper
Population	Unknown
Reference	SS33d, P.15, C.293, KN3.b
Mint	Madras Mint
Category	Normal Circulation Coinage
Demonetized	Yes
Engraver/Designer	-
Designer's Initial	-
Mint Mark	-
Variety	SS33d - 27 lily cups in wreath on reverse (P.14c)
Edge	Plain
Obverse	Within a beaded circle, the Arms, supposters, crest and motto of the East India Company. The shield carries the cross of St. George. The supporters are lions rampant each bearing a standard. The lions stand on a scroll inscribed with the motto "AUSCPICIO REGIS ET SENATUS ANGLIAE" (Under the auspices of the King and the English Parliament). Above the shield is the crest, a lion rampant holding a crown between it's fore paws. Below the motto is the year date 1828.
Reverse	Within a beaded circle near the edge, a circular wreath of 28 lily cups which overlap each other and run clockwise. Within the wreath the Jawi (fusion of Malay and Arabic language) inscription "Pulau Pinang" (Island of Penang).
Edge	Plain
Extra Note

146. Penang 2 Pice 1828 - 28 lily cups variety

image 1: obverse and reverse of the coin

image 2: reverse of the coin

image 3: obverse of the coin

image 4: chamfered edge

image 5: other view of the coin

     One more step to complete this series! Thank God during recent Hari Raya I managed to acquire this coin at a very affordable price. This costs me my whole Duit Raya! Luckily I no longer receive handsome Duit Raya as I used to 10 years ago. Haha.

     Completing varieties of these coins seems impossible, with this scarce 2 pice 1828 alone has about 8 varieties! The varieties are due to the number of lily cups on reverse. 26 to 34 lily cups were being reported exist by Mr. Saran Singh. There could be unlisted varieties.

    One feature that I would like to point here is I notice that there are reedings on the rim's edge (Refer to image 4). The reeding is angled at 45 degree. The reeding also makes the rim's edge become chamfered.

Category	Coin > Penang
Country Of Origin	Penang (Now a state, a part of Malaysia)
Date	1828
Grade	about Extremely Fine
Denomination	Two Pice
Shape	Round
Weight	18.72g to 18.98g from SS
Diameter	31.5mm from SS
Thickness	-
Composition	Copper
Population	Unknown
Reference	SS33c, P.15, C.293, KN3.b
Mint	Madras Mint
Category	Normal Circulation Coinage
Demonetized	Yes
Engraver/Designer	-
Designer's Initial	-
Mint Mark	-
Variety	SS33e - 28 lily cups in wreath on reverse (P.15e)
Edge	Plain
Obverse	Within a beaded circle, the Arms, supposters, crest and motto of the East India Company. The shield carries the cross of St. George. The supporters are lions rampant each bearing a standard. The lions stand on a scroll inscribed with the motto "AUSCPICIO REGIS ET SENATUS ANGLIAE" (Under the auspices of the King and the English Parliament). Above the shield is the crest, a lion rampant holding a crown between it's fore paws. Below the motto is the year date 1828.
Reverse	Within a beaded circle near the edge, a circular wreath of 28 lily cups which overlap each other and run clockwise. Within the wreath the Jawi (fusion of Malay and Arabic language) inscription "Pulau Pinang" (Island of Penang).
Edge	Plain
Extra Note