THE PHOTO COLLECTION OF NASRON JAMIL - PART 7 (CRAB)

This is the only Animal Currency / Animal Money item in the shape of a crab in the picture collection. It is also the only crab item that I know of so far.

NJ 37

(Length - 93mm)

Note - Photograph is reproduced from original source taken circa 1987. 

AROUND THE NET - 2

Here you can see a photograph of the blogger's visit to the Royal Selangor Pewter featuring a few items of tin Animal Currency / Animal Money.

CALVIN-MYJOURNEY

AROUND THE NET - 1

Photographs of a variety of Animal Currency / Animal Money can be found at the following website;

IPOHWORLD, SAVING YESTERDAY FOR TOMORROW

AROUND THE NET

I'm introducing Around The Net to highlight and provide links to websites and blogs featuring Animal Currency / Animal Money that I discovered in my search be it in the form of write-ups, images or even mentions that are worth noting.

You are most welcomed to share your knowledge on the existence of such websites and blogs by posting them here.

Thank you.

THE PHOTO COLLECTION OF NASRON JAMIL - PART 6 (TORTOISE)

Items NJ 34, NJ 35 and NJ 36 are not are "lumpy" as the tortoises of the previous post.

NJ 34
(Length - 63mm)
I have an item like this in my collection, said to have been found in the river of Malacca (Melaka).

NJ 35
(Length - 60mm)
This tortoise has legs similar to a house lizard!

NJ 36
(Length - 25mm)
This item is similar to one of the items in my collection.

Note - Photographs are reproduced from original source taken circa 1987.

THE PHOTO COLLECTION OF NASRON JAMIL - PART 5 (TORTOISE)

There are 9 tortoises in the picture collection. The 6 items listed below are what I refer as "stub" head tortoise. Item NJ 29, NJ 30 and NJ 31 are with peculiar square heads or stubs, a particular type that I do not have in my collection.

NJ 28
(Length - 50mm)

NJ 29

(Length - 63mm)

NJ 30

(Length - 60 mm)
This tortoise is without a tail! Broken?

NJ 31
(Length - 70mm)

NJ 32
(Length - 33mm)

NJ 33
(Length - 32mm)

Note - Photographs are reproduced from original source taken circa 1987.

THE PHOTO COLLECTION OF NASRON JAMIL - PART 4 (FISH)

Items NJ 23 - NJ 27 - the final batch of fish items. The 27 fish items posted here may appear to be just a scroll down to many but they are very rare and putting together 27 items like this is not an easy task.

NJ 23
(Length - 34 mm)

NJ 24
(Length - 61 mm)
A weird looking fish!?

NJ 25

(Length - 36 mm)

NJ 26
(Length - 47 mm)

NJ 27
(Length - 45 mm)
A fossil looking fish!

Note - Photographs are reproduced from original source taken circa 1987. 

THE PHOTO COLLECTION OF NASRON JAMIL - PART 3 (FISH)

The fish items in this batch (NJ 15 - NJ 22) are different from what I have in my collection and those that I have seen before. Item NJ 19 & NJ 20 is the longest fish items in the Photo Collection (63 mm).

NJ 15
(Length - 53 mm)
A beautiful item in very fine condition.

NJ 16

(Length - 46 mm)

NJ 17

(Length - 33 mm)

NJ 18

(Length - 35 mm)

NJ 19

(Length - 63 mm)
This item was probably found at a different environment compared to the rest of the items posted here.

NJ 20

(Length - 63 mm)

NJ 21
(Length - 42 mm)
This fish is peculiar.

NJ 22
(Length - 33 mm)
Similar to NJ 21 above.

 Note - Photographs are reproduced from original source taken circa 1987.

THE PHOTO COLLECTION OF NASRON JAMIL - PART 2 (FISH)

More fish items from the Photo Collection (NJ8 - NJ14).

NJ 8

(Length - 36 mm)

NJ 9
(Length - 25 mm)

NJ 10

(Length - 33 mm)
Trumpet fish!

NJ 11

(Length - 26 mm)

NJ 12

(Length - 26 mm)

NJ 13

(Length - 32 mm)

NJ 14

(Length - 28 mm)

Note - Photographs are reproduced from original source taken circa 1987. 

THE PHOTO COLLECTION OF NASRON JAMIL - PART 1 (FISH)

There are 27 fish items in the Photo Collection. Here are images of 7 of them. I have quite a number of fish items in my collection but most of them are clearly different from the items in the collection accept for a few items.

NJ 1
(Length - 33mm)

NJ 2
(Length - 31 mm)

NJ 3
(Length - 28 mm)

NJ 4
(Length - 32 mm)

NJ 5
(Length - 43 mm)

NJ 6

(Length - 38 mm)

NJ 7

(Length - 42 mm)

Note - Photographs are reproduced from original source taken circa 1987. 

THE TIN ANIMAL CURRENCY / MONEY PHOTO COLLECTION OF NASRON JAMIL

Nasron Jamil or Cikgu as he is known to many is a very good friend. Cikgu is a very experienced and knowledgeable numismatist particularly in the issues of the Malay Sultanates. He witnessed many items discovered during the 1987 Sungai Permandi discovery and photographed many of these items. He is also one of the contributors of items included in Saran Singh's encyclopaedia. Cikgu Nasron has been kind enough to allow me to scan his collection of photographs of tin Animal Currency which I subsequently digitally improved. These conventionally taken photographs captured more than 20 years old although not in excellent condition is a mine of information for tin Animal Currency enthusiast like me.

Here is a listing of the types of tin Animal Currency in the Photo Collection.

Fish - 27 items
Tortoise - 9 items
Crab - 1 item
Crocodile - 1 item
Lizard - 1 item
Frog - 1 item
Dragon - 2 items
Bird - 10 items (Including 1 2-ring currency)
Rabbit ? - 1 item
Deer / Dog ? - 1 item

Leaf-like object - 2 items
Flower-like object - 1 item

Cikgu Nasron has been kind enough to allow me to post images from his photo collection which I will do so in batches. Some of these items were put next to a ruler when taken as such I am able to approximately estimate the size of the items. The weights of these items were unfortunately not recorded.

Enjoy the images courtesy of Cikgu Nasron.

DISCOVERY - SUNGAI PEMANDI, KAMPUNG MAKAM, KOTA TINGGI, JOHOR

Read about the Sungai Pemandi discovery here.

An unusual tin animal item found at Sungai Pemandi.A five legged deer (rusa) / dog (anjing) ?

Note - Photograph is reproduced from original source taken circa 1987. 

SAGA PERTUBUHAN NUMISMATIK MALAYSIA - 21ST. ANNIVERSARY 1968 - 1989

This 1990 publication by the Malaysia Numismatic Society besides the article by Mohd. Kassim Hj. Ali on Hoard of Malay States Coins Found At Tanjung Pinang, Riau Islands, Indonesia includes 2 more articles on tin currencies of the Malay Peninsula. First, Tin Coinage of Sultan Ali Iskandar Shah of Johor (1855 - 1877) by Ishar Abdul Latiff and Unlisted Tin and Gold Coins of the Malay States of Johor, Terengganu, Kelantan, Kedah and Perak by Saran Singh.

Published more than 20 years ago in limited print, it is very difficult to get a copy of this publication. The best bet would be from members of the society who were members at that point in time.

Being a collector of Animal Currency I can't help but to appreciate a tin cockerel item included in the back cover advertisement of K.L. Coins & Curios Centre owned by Tony Lye Fong Nge. This outlet that was located at Sungei Wang Plaza in Jalan Bukit Bintang, Kuala Lumpur has since ceased operation. Presented below is the said item.

DISCOVERY - HOARD OF MALAY STATES COINS FOUND AT TANJUNG PINANG, RIAU ISLAND, INDONESIA

The discovery of a hoard of Malay States coins at Tanjung Pinang, Riau Island, Indonesia is a significant one for the numismatic world of the Malay Peninsula.

Read about it here and see images of some of the items here.

PHOTO PREVIEW 5

Broken cockerel with stringing hole at the back.

PHOTO PREVIEW 4

Broken cockerel.

PHOTO PREVIEW 3

Tin bird figure in bad condition.

PHOTO PREVIEW 2

Tin lump resembling a bird figure.

IN "HAT' AND ANIMAL MONEY BY WILLIAM SHAW AND MOHD. KASSIM ALI

The book Tin 'Hat' and Animal Money by Shaw and Kasim published in 1970 by Muzium Negara, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia is a useful reference on the subject. This 17-page book, excluding 9 pages of exhibition plates focuses more on Tin 'Hat' (Pagodas and Pyramids) money but provides a brief but good background information on the development of animal money.

Five out of nine exhibition plates included in the book presented items of animal money (animal currency) in the collection of Muzium Negara, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Many of these items were subsequently included by Saran Singh in The Encyclopaedia of the Coins of Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei - 1400 - 1967 that was first published in 1986.

The book touches on the tin mining activities carried on in the Malay Peninsula and how superstition govern the operation, the working of a Malay mine belonged rather to the province of magic than of mechanics (Winstedt 1909, pp. 28). The minting of tin ingots in the shapes of animal and insects is a fascinating development of the tin currency that is least understood. The book suggested two hypothesis with regards to the purpose of the tin animal and insect ingots. First, for magical ceremonies (possibly connected with tin mining activities) and second, used as weights (to check correctness of the standard tin ingots). Shaw and Kassim referred to Klinkert's Malay-Dutch Dictionary (p. 129) where Boewaja (Buaya) the crocodile was the name of a tin money in Selangor that had the value of 20 duit (doits) as evidence that tin animals indeed passed as a currency in the past.