Pahaw

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Pahaw , also Paha , was a measure of weight for gold , silver and precious stones (jewel weight ) on Borneo .

  • 1 pahaw = 9.941 grams
  • 4 pahaws = 1 tael / tehl = 39.763 grams
  • 1 Pahaw = 4 Mas / Mchs = 16 Copangs = 32 Busucks

literature

  • August Schiebe : Universal encyclopedia of commercial science, containing: coin, measure and weight, bills of exchange, government paper, banking and stock exchange; the most important of higher arithmetic […]. Volume 2, Friedrich Fleischer / Gebrüder Schumann, Leipzig / Zwickau 1838, p. 198.
  • Pierer's Universal Lexicon. Volume 12. Altenburg 1861, p. 559.
  • Christian Noback , Friedrich Noback : Complete paperback of the coin, measure and weight ratios, the government papers, the exchange and banking system and the customs of all countries and trading venues. F. A. Brockhaus, Leipzig 1850, p. 144.