Tranquebar (1730-46) cash KM-133

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Stephen Album sale 50, lot 661

This specimen was lot 661 in Stephen Album sale 50 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2024), where it sold for $240. The catalog description[1] noted, "DANISH INDIA: TRANQUEBAR: Christian VI, 1730-1746, AE kas, ND, uncrowned C 6 monogram // uncrowned DAC for Dansk Asiatisk Compagni; superb quality for this series, XF, ex Solar Collection." The Danish fort at Tranquebar was sold to the British in 1845. During the reign of Christian VI, the lead cash was dropped in favor of this copper coin.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 0.80 g, copper, this specimen 0.63 g.

Catalog reference: KM-133, Gray-131, Jensen-224

Source:

  • Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
  • 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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