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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Loong Siew, post: 2397406, member: 75799&quot;]Bali. Pis Asamsya. Tin. Period unknown.</p><p><br /></p><p>Although pretty modern, I felt that the classic Chinese cash design suits this section more than the modern section...</p><p><br /></p><p>The Balinese community in Indonesia is one of the remnants of the ancient Majapahit Empire. Maintaining their Hindu beliefs in an otherwise overwhelming Muslim Indonesia, a common religious ritual involved the offering of coins to their gods. Due to trade and Chinese influence, cash coins were used but eventually local coinage bearing cash coin designs but with Balinese inscriptions was used such as the following specimen. Inscribed in Balinese script are the sacred texts &quot;Sa Ba Ta Aa Ang Ah&quot; from the Balinese scriptures. Also believed to provide divine protection to the owner of this coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]493331[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]493332[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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