THE MALAY ARCHIPELAGO

Drawn and engraved by John Rapkin (Published by The London Printing & Publishing Company about 1856).

Royalty free map available at Steve Bartrick Antique Prints and Maps.

The use of tin currencies issued by the Malay Peninsula was not restricted to areas in the peninsula but extends to a large area in the Malay Archipelago. Although the term Malay Archipelago is widely used, there is no official definition for this area. The widely accepted definition would include Malaysia (the Malay Peninsula, including southern Thailand that connects the Peninsula to the Asian mainland), Brunei, Singapore, Sumatra, Java, Kalimantan, Sulawesi and islands in the waters surrounded by these large islands. (Source - Bank Negara Malaysia, 1995. Pameran Matawang Perdagangan Kepulauan Melayu (18 Mei - 14 Jun 1995) Unit Muzium Matawang, Bank Negara Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, p. 9.)


Sunday, June 27, 2010

AROUND THE NET - CALVIN-MYJOURNEY.BLOGSPOT.COM

The beauty of the internet and information age is abundance of information. As usual, surfing the cyberworld for more information on animal currency I came across this blog. The blog writer made a trip to the Royal Selangor Pewter in September 2008. Included in the photos of his trip are a few items of tin animal money. The tortoise looks similar like the one in the collection of Bank Negara Malaysia leading me to believe that all the items in the photograph belongs to them. There is also a possibility that the items belongs to Royal Selangor Pewter. I should make a visit to find out for sure that is, assuming the items are still on display there. The photograph of the items can be viewed here. The blog writer has nice caption for the photo, I wonder how many animals like this millionaires in the past had in their bank.
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