Madras (1687-95) 3 fanams

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Steve Album Auction 52, lot 772

This specimen was lot 772 in Steve Album Auction 52 (Santa Rosa, CA, May 2025), where it sold for $480. The catalog description[1] noted, "MADRAS PRESIDENCY: AR 3 fanams, ND (ca. 1687-1695), British East India Company issue, bale mark (GCE) of the company // crude Persian angriz kampani, bold VF, RR, ex Solar Collection. Struck at Madras for use in Sumatra at the British colony at Bencoolen (Bengkulu)." The SCWC also shows a one and two fanams.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver, this specimen 3.31 g.

Catalog reference: Stv-6.3., KM-3 (listed under Netherlands East Indies--Benculen).

Source:

  • Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
  • [1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Dustin Wagner, Auction 52, featuring the Dr. Robert A. Rosenfeld Collection and the Almer H. Orr III Collection, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2025.

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