Tranquebar (1653) cash KM-80
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This specimen was lot 42134 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2023), where it sold for $168. The catalog description[1] noted, "INDIA. Danish India. Tranquebar. Cash, ND (1653). Frederick III. PCGS EF-45." The Danish fort at Tranquebar was sold to the British in 1845. This lead cash was struck in over forty varieties during the reign of Frederick III (ruled 1648-70). The obverse shows the royal monogram while the reverse shows a Norse lion charging left.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: lead.
Catalog reference: KM-80; Sieg-31.
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
- Siegs Møntcatalog 2016: Danmark med Omrader, 48 ed., Frederikssund, Siegs Forlag ApS, 2015.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The January 2023 NYINC Auction: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, featuring the Taraszka Collection and the Mark and Dottie Salton Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2022.
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