Tin ingot

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Malaccan tin ingots in the National History Museum of Kuala Lumpur.

Tin ingots (Chinese: 斗锡) were a trading currency unique to Malacca.

Cast in the shape of a peck, or dou in Chinese, each ingot weighs just over 1 pound (0.45 kg). Ten blocks made up one unit called a small bundle, and 40 blocks made up one large bundle.

Details of tin production in

Description of the Starry Raft by Fei Xin, a translator of Admiral Zheng He
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