Javanese_gold_mas_or_tahil_ingot.jpg (225 × 225 pixels, file size: 17 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)
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Inscriptions dating to the second half of the ninth century provide the earliest evidence of a currency system in Java, which was based on the use of standardised weights. One of the unit weights, known as the masa. The abbreviation mas came to mean 'gold' or 'wealth'. Another name for the same unit of weight is tahil. |
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http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/highlight_objects/cm/g/gold_mas_or_tahil_ingot.aspx |
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