Note 297 — APPENDIX C. TRANSLATION OF A MODERN VERSION OF THE SÚRIA ÁLEM

The money here alluded to is the coin of Palembang, subsequently introduced by Raden Patah, in consequence of his connexion with Palembang. Rice appears to have been the principal medium of exchange previously to this period. The pichis is a small tin coin, of which two hundred make a wang, and twenty-eight wangs are equal in value to a Spanish dollar.