Tranquebar (1667) cash KM-88

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Stephen Album sale 50, lot 2748

This specimen was lot 2748 in Stephen Album sale 50 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2024), where it sold for $216. The catalog description[1] noted, "DANISH INDIA: TRANQUEBAR: Frederik III, 1648-1670, lead kas, "76" (for 1667), crowned F3 // lotus, with numbers "76 ", intended for 1667 with the 6 and 7 reversed, XF, RR, ex Solar Collection. The date cannot be 1676 because Frederik's reign ended in 1670. It also seems clear that this 1667 issue represents a reduced weight standard for the lead kas. Five examples of this 1667 type sold in our auctions weigh between 2.19 g and 2.57 g, with a standard of about 2.45 g. This standard continued under Christian V, who also issued the lead 2 kas with a standard of about 4.90 g. Lead coinage terminated in 1689, replaced by the copper 1 kas of about 1.00 g and a possible 2 kas. I also suspect that some of the undated lead types of Frederik III might have been struc[k] to the reduced standard of 2.45 g, to be determined after more specimens are published with their weight." The Danish fort at Tranquebar was sold to the British in 1845. This lead cash was struck in over ninety varieties during the reign of Frederik III (died 1670).

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: lead, this specimen 2.19 g.

Catalog reference: KM-88, Gray-73d, Jensen-141.

Source:

  • 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]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 50, featuring selections from the Dr. Robert A. Rosenfeld Collection, the Hakim Hamidi Collection, the Almer H. Orr III Collection and the Solar Collection, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2024.

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