Mian (unit)

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The Mian was a gold and silver weight on the Malacca peninsula in the state of the same name .

  • 1 mian = 2 ⅔ grams = 2.66 grams
  • 16 Mians = 1 Buncal

literature

  • Johann Friedrich Krüger: Complete manual of the coins, measures and weights of all countries in the world. Gottfried Basse, Quedlinburg / Leipzig 1830, p. 195
  • Jurende's patriotic pilgrim: business and entertainment book for all provinces of the Austrian imperial state: consecrated to all friends of culture from the teaching, military and nutritional class, especially to all nature and fatherland friends. Volume 21, Winiker, Brünn 1834, p. 219