On Investigation of Metals Composition in Old Chinese Coin from the Northern Song Dynasty Found in Bali Island Indonesia

Abstract

It is unique to inform that in the small island of Bali, located at central Archipelago Country of Indonesia, the old Chinese coin have an important value as component of the ritual and culture.Until the end of the XIX Century, the old Chinese coin still have its function as a currency in Bali Island and later the function as a currency is no longer applicable since Rupiah currency now as legal currency in the Bali Island as a part on Indonesia country.But its function for ritual and culture are still remaining.Since the fabrication of old Chinese coin was in China and also its production is not continued at the recent day causes the Balinese peoples difficult to obtain it.An effort to produce a local made Chinese coin is then promoted but the result is not satisfaction because the appearance especially the color is not mach with the original one due to metal composition of old Chinese coin is not recognize.The old Chinese coins that are found in Bali are recognized come from several dynasties in China.For this purpose one by one of the old Chinese coin which are depend of the dynasty that produce the coin should be investigated.In this article, the old Chinese coin from Northern Song Dynasty was investigated in order to explore its metal composition so that possible for local peoples to produce it in Bali as a local made.It is found that the metal composition of the northern Song Dynasty of old Chinese coin that was found in Bali island are made of copper (Cu) that reach about 62.221wt.%followed by tin (Sn) about 22,98 wt.% and lead (Pb) about 6.644 wt.%.Surprisingly that the coin just contain about 0.238 wt.% zinc (Zn) that mean the coin is in category as a bronze and not as a brass.Other trash element that are found are iron (Fe) about 2.611 wt.%, vanadium (V) about 0.062 wt.% and also titanium (Ti) about 0.424 wt.% as supported by metallography analyses.

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