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Johor Sultan Muzaffar Shah (1564-1570) Unlisted Gold Kupangs
Rarity: RRRR/Unlisted

During my recent trip to Singapore, again I was very lucky to be given a chance by a very senior and famous Singapore numismatist, to see two pieces of his extremely RARE collection of Johor Sultan Muzaffar Shah (1564-1570) Gold Kupang.
To my surprised, both pieces of his Johor Sultan Muzaffar Shah (1564-1570) Gold Kupang are not listed in Master Saran Singh book "The Encyclopaedia of THE COINS OF MALAYSIA-SINGAPORE-BRUNEI 1400-1967".
The first  piece of his Johor Sultan Muzaffar Shah (1564-1570) Gold Kupang is similar to SS4 (MAS) with the obverse inscription in Arabic " Sultan Muzaffar Shah" and reverse "Khalifatul Muminin", both inscriptions are not in reverse (mirror script) like SS5. Its weight is 0.62gm, diameter  measured at 12.00mm and in octagonal shape.
The second Gold Kupang that he showed it to me is also similar to SS4 (MAS) with the obverse inscription in Arabic " Sultan Muzaffar Shah" and reverse "Khalifatul Muminin", both inscriptions are not in reverse (mirror script) like SS5. Its weight is 0.60gm, diameter  measured at 12.00mm but the shape  is in round shape. Very rare.
Sultan Muzaffar Shah II (1546–1570) was the second Sultan of Johor. He was known as Raja Muda Perdana before he succeeded the throne. He was installed to the throne of Johor in 1564 by the Acehnese upon the death of his father, Sultan Alauddin Riayat Shah II, who died shortly after he was captured and brought back to Aceh after the Acehnese invasion of Johor.

Muzaffar II moved his capital to Seluyut in 1565 from Johor Lama to assert his independence from the Acehnese. He died in 1570 of poison and was succeeded by Sultan Abdul Jalil Shah I.

He had three wives, which was not uncommon among Muslim rulers at the time. His first wife was Tun Mas Jiwa, daughter of the temenggung, Tun Hassan. His second wife was Tun Trang, daughter of Tun Ali, Seri Nara Diraja of Pahang and Tun Fatimah. Tun Trang bore him two sons, Abdul Jalil I and Raja Radin. His third wife was the former wife of Sultan Ali Jalla Abdul Jalil Shah II and daughter of Sultan Husain Ali Riayat Shah of Aceh.


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