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Tin Animal Money, The Fish - (2)
The three pictures show tin ingots in the shape of fish. The image top left is said to be a swordfish. Fish ingots are typical of those from Perak and recognised universally as Perak Animal Money, initially associated with the opening of a new tin mine. Each would have the value of a small fraction of one tin cent based on the amount of tin by weight which could be exchanged for one Spanish Silver dollar. We believe that they date from the mid 18th century, 1750.
One of these s on display in Han Chin Pet Soo Museum.
To read about the history of Perak Tin Money, click here.
To see other fish tin money from the same period, click here.