Malacca's tin ingot, photo taken from 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 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. Image File history File linksMetadata No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File linksMetadata No higher resolution available. ... The National History Museum or Muzium Sejarah Nasional is the second national museum in Malaysia after Muzium Negara. ... Nickname: KL Motto: Maju dan makmur (Malay: Peace and progress) Location in Malaysia Coordinates: Country Malaysia State Federal Territory Establishment 1857 Granted city status 1974 Government  - Mayor (Datuk Bandar) Abdul Hakim Borhan From 14 December 2006 Area    - City 243. ... State motto: Bersatu Teguh State anthem: Melaka Maju Jaya Capital Malacca Ruling party Barisan Nasional  - Yang di-Pertua Negeri Mohd Khalil Yaakob  - Ketua Menteri Mohd Ali Mohd Rustam History    - Malacca Sultanate 13th century   - Portuguese control 24 August 1511   - Dutch control 1641   - British control 17 March 1824   - Japanese Occupation 1942-1946... Early Malacca (late 1300s to early 1400s) was a fishing village inhabited by Orang Asli aborigines of Malay Peninsula. ... Description of the Starry Raft (Chinese: 星槎勝覽 Xin Cha Shen Lan) is written in year 1436 by the translator/intepreter of admiral Zheng He, the description depicted places, peoples, cultures, etc, about all of what he saw. ... Fei Xin (Chinese: 费信) was the Ming dynasty admiral Zheng Hes translator. ... Zheng He (Traditional Chinese: ; Simplified Chinese: ; Hanyu Pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: Cheng Ho; Birth name: 馬三寶 / 马三宝; pinyin: ; Arabic name: حجّي محمود Hajji Mahmud) (1371–1433), was a famous Chinese mariner, explorer, diplomat and fleet admiral, who made the voyages collectively referred to as the travels of Eunuch Sanbao to the Western Ocean (Chinese: 三保太監下西洋) or...

See also

• Tin Animal Money

Picture of Tin Animal Money, taken from the National History Museum at Jalan Raja, Kuala Lumpur. ...

Reference

• Description of the Starry Raft (1436) Xin Cha Shen Lan 星槎勝覽