Tranquebar (1699-1730) cash KM-124
The first specimen was lot 2765 in Stephen Album sale 50 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2024), where it did not sell. The catalog description[1] noted, "DANISH INDIA: TRANQUEBAR: Frederick IV, 1699-1730, AE kas ND, crowned F4 with one vertical stem // crowned DOC monogram, VF, ex Solar Collection." The second specimen was lot 2766 in Stephen Album sale 50 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2024), where it did not sell. The catalog description[1] noted, "DANISH INDIA: TRANQUEBAR: Frederick IV, 1699-1730, AE kas, ND, crowned F4 with one vertical stem // crowned DOC monogram, F-VF, ex Solar Collection." The Danish fort at Tranquebar was sold to the British in 1845. This copper cash was struck in many varieties during the reign of Frederik IV (died 1730). It replaced the lead cash around 1689-91, being more durable and less poisonous.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: copper, the first specimen 1.45 g, the second specimen 1.15 g.
Catalog reference: KM-124, Gray-118, Jensen-208.
- 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.
Links to:
- Tranquebar (16)89 cash KM-119, "C5/DOC WHVK"
- Tranquebar (16)90 cash KM-119, "C5/DOC WHVK"
- Tranquebar (1699-1730) cash KM-129, "F4/DOC WHVK"
- Tranquebar (1699-1730) 2 cash KM-135, "F4/DOC 2 Kas"
- Tranquebar (1699-1730) 10 cash
- Tranquebar (1730-46) cash KM-133, "C6/DAC"
- Tranquebar (1730-46) cash KM-134, "C6/TB"
- Tranquebar (1730-46) 2 cash KM-136
- Tranquebar (1730-46) 4 cash KM-138
- Tranquebar 1731 cash
- Coins and currency dated 1699