Tranquebar 1838 10 cash

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Stack's Bowers 2023 NYINC sale, lot 42155
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Tranquebar in 1942, north of Karikal

This specimen was lot 42155 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2023), where it sold for $288. The catalog description[1] noted, "INDIA. Danish India. Tranquebar. 10 Cash, 1838. Frederick VI. PCGS AU-55." The SCWC notes that ten cash was one-eighth of a fano or fanam and eight fano made a rupee. This type was struck 1816, 1822, 1838-39 and is scarce. The Danish sold out to the British in 1845.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: copper.

Catalog reference: KM-166; Sieg-88.

Source:

  • Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
  • 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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