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, August 1, 2010

23 UNIQUE VISITORS TO DATE

From 15 unique visitors about a month ago to only 23 to date and still not a single follower does not look encouraging nevertheless since I am driven by the hobby and not number of visitors I do not mind this at all. So far I have only extended 3 invitations to my blogs, this month I plan to invite more especially my fellow numismatists. I have intentionally delayed the invitation to them to allow more posts or contents on my blogs to make their visits worthwhile. Welcome to my blog.

For those who readily know that I have written the 2 books please take note that this blog does not represent the books. I do not have the intention to post the contents of my books, well, naturally not until they are published. This blog and my two other blogs are mere extension to my hobby and books if you like.

With 23 unique visitors here and only 12 and 10 unique visitors at my Ring Currency and Animal Currency blogs respectively it is my conclusion that either only about half of my visitors are interested and/or curious with the numismatic topics covered here or they are simply not aware of the existence of the other 2 blogs. Please do not forget to visit these blogs if you read this.

I just added a beautiful map of the Malay Archipelago to my blogs a few days ago.

Have a great month ahead.

Best regards,

The Tin Keeper

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Hello-

Nice site.Will look forward to seeing your books in print.

There are so many tin money on offer on ebay- from Singapore and Indonesia- wonder how much of these are genuine.

All the best

Neil

Anonymous said...

Hi there

Have you published your books?

Please contact me at perakean@gmail.com