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[[Image:SA50-2807.jpg|550px|thumb|Stephen Album sale 50, lot 2807]]
[[Image:Tranquebar 1942.jpg|350px|thumb|Tranquebar in 1942, north of Karikal]]

This specimen was lot 2807 in Stephen Album sale 50 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2024), where it sold for $204. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "DANISH [[India|INDIA]]: TRANQUEBAR: Christian VIII, 1839-1848, AE 4 kas, 1845, without VIII for "8" within the monogram; last year of Tranquebar coinage, XF, R, ex Solar Collection." The Danish fort at Tranquebar was sold to the British in 1845. When the one and two cash were reduced in weight early in the eighteenth century, the four and ten cash were added to supplement the denominations. This issue was struck 1840-45 and is the last of the denomination.

''Recorded mintage:'' unknown.

''Specification:'' 2.40 g, copper, this specimen 2.51 g.

''Catalog reference:'' KM-161, Gray-164, Jensen-397.

''[[Bibliography|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.
* <sup>[1]</sup>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 1841 4 cash]]
* [[Tranquebar 1842 10 cash]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1845]]

[[Category:Selections from Stephen Album sale 50]]