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The bidor coin comes from the country of Perak Darul Ridzuan. Tin was formerly shaped like this before being exported out of the country through a barter exchange system and also payment using Dutch silver and gold currency (guliders or ducats). Sometimes this coin is used as local currency and has a certain value. The bidor coin weighs 3kg++ and is the heaviest and largest coin in the Malay world. It is one of the dream collection items for Indonesian numismatic collectors.

As early as the 16th century, foreign traders recorded that tin intended for commerce was cast into tin ingots of fixed weight and used for all major transactions in the bazaar (market place) as a form of currency. 

The value of each ingot depended upon it's weight, and thus the shape and size of each ingot was of little consequence. Most of the tin ingots were cast in Perak but a small quantity were also cast in the neighbouring States of Selangor and Pahang.

 These tin ingots circulated extensively in Perak, Selangor, Pahang and Negeri Sembilan over a very long period. They were also acceptable in the neighbouring Malay states in the Malay Peninsula as well as in Sumatra. These currency blocks of tin ingots were used for internal and international trade.

The Tampangs were gradually withdrawn and replaced with the coinage of the Straits Settlements in proportionte values until finally demonetized in 1893. All the tampangs are extremely rare, most of them being melted down after they were removed from circulation.

The early ingots were made using sand or clay moulds. At a later stage, the solid tin ingot known as sugar loaf was made using a brass mould with a ""mangosteen rossette"" design at the top. The tampang was casted by pouring the molten tin into the brass mould. The mould had a handle for the person to hold in casting the tampang.

Actual dimensions: 65 x 120 x 125 mm, weigth: 3514 gram.

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Malaysia. Giant tin Bidor coin (3514 grams), 15-16th century, Perak State (also called Hat Money or Tampang)

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