Tin ingot

Tin ingot

Tin ingots (Chinese: 斗锡) were a trading currency unique to Malacca. Cast in the shape of a peck, or dou in Chinese, each block weighs just over one pound. Ten blocks made up one unit called a 'small bundle', and 40 blocks made up one 'large bundle'. Details of tin productions in the early Malacca was recorded in the Description of the Starry Raft (1436) by Fei Xin, he was a translator of Admiral Zheng He.

ee also

* Tin Animal Money

References

* [http://www.open-lit.com/listbook.php?cid=1&gbid=331&start=&PHPSESSID=52477208c31d1ce45f160eb88ef78b63 Description of the Starry Raft (1436) "Xin Cha Shen Lan" 星槎勝覽]


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