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| − | This specimen was lot 2787 in Stephen Album sale 50 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2024), where it sold for $156. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "DANISH [[India|INDIA]]: TRANQUEBAR: Christian VII, 1766-1808, AE 4 kas, 1786, with the letter R, for acting governor A. Fr. Restorff, between and partly below 17 and 86 of the date, pleasant VF, 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 type is listed for 1768, 1770 and 1777. This date comes with (KM 156) or without (KM 155) an "R" dividing the date. This is the scarcer of the two varieties. | + | This specimen was lot 2787 in Stephen Album sale 50 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2024), where it sold for $156. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "DANISH [[India|INDIA]]: TRANQUEBAR: Christian VII, 1766-1808, AE 4 kas, 1786, with the letter R, for acting governor A. Fr. Restorff, between and partly below 17 and 86 of the date, pleasant VF, 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 type is listed for 1768, 1770 and 1777. This date comes with (KM 156) or without ([[Tranquebar 1790 4 cash|KM 155]]) an "R" dividing the date. This is the scarcer of the two varieties. |
''Recorded mintage:'' unknown. | ''Recorded mintage:'' unknown. | ||
Revision as of 16:12, 23 September 2024
This specimen was lot 2787 in Stephen Album sale 50 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2024), where it sold for $156. The catalog description[1] noted, "DANISH INDIA: TRANQUEBAR: Christian VII, 1766-1808, AE 4 kas, 1786, with the letter R, for acting governor A. Fr. Restorff, between and partly below 17 and 86 of the date, pleasant VF, 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 type is listed for 1768, 1770 and 1777. This date comes with (KM 156) or without (KM 155) an "R" dividing the date. This is the scarcer of the two varieties.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 2.40 g, copper, this specimen 2.13 g.
Catalog reference: KM-156, Gray-154, Jensen-337.
- 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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