Definition

• A pewter or tin coin of Keda in the Malay Peninsula. The usual types have either Malay or Arabic inscrip- tions. Consult Fonrobert,Die Jules Fonrobert'sche Sammlung uberseescher Munzen , 1878 and Millies, Techerchers sur les monnaies des Indigenes de L'Archipel Indien et de la Peninsule Malaie, 1871

  Beaulieu, in his Relation de divers Voy- ages Curieux, etc., Paris, 1666 (ii. 83), states that (translation) in writing of Keda, "they cast money somewhat of the mate- rial of French Sous, of a little better alloy, however, which they call Tras, thirty-two being worth a dollar."

  J. R. Logan, in the Journal of the In- dian Archipelago,1851 (p. 58), says that in 1850 "the native Indian coin is called the Tra, a small round piece of tin, with a hole in the centre, of which 160 make a Tali, and eight Tali are worth a dollar."

Quelle

• Frey's Dictionary (American Journal of Numismatics, Vol. 50, 1916)

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