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This specimen was lot 2780 in Stephen Album sale 50 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2024), where it sold for $120. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "DANISH [[India|INDIA]]: TRANQUEBAR: Christian VII, 1766-1808, AE 1 kas, 1780, full date, choice VF-XF, RR, 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 a copper coin. As the one and two cash were reduced in weight, the four and ten cash were added to supplement the denominations. This type is listed for 1767-70, 1777 and 1780. | This specimen was lot 2780 in Stephen Album sale 50 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2024), where it sold for $120. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "DANISH [[India|INDIA]]: TRANQUEBAR: Christian VII, 1766-1808, AE 1 kas, 1780, full date, choice VF-XF, RR, 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 a copper coin. As the one and two cash were reduced in weight, the four and ten cash were added to supplement the denominations. This type is listed for 1767-70, 1777 and 1780. | ||
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* [[Coins and currency dated 1780]] | * [[Coins and currency dated 1780]] | ||
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Latest revision as of 10:55, 2 May 2025
This specimen was lot 2780 in Stephen Album sale 50 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2024), where it sold for $120. The catalog description[1] noted, "DANISH INDIA: TRANQUEBAR: Christian VII, 1766-1808, AE 1 kas, 1780, full date, choice VF-XF, RR, 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 a copper coin. As the one and two cash were reduced in weight, the four and ten cash were added to supplement the denominations. This type is listed for 1767-70, 1777 and 1780.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 0.60 g, copper, this specimen 0.69 g.
Catalog reference: KM-150, Gray-151, Jensen-359.
- 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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