Tranquebar 1731 cash

Stephen Album sale 50, lot 2769

This specimen was lot 2769 in Stephen Album sale 50 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2024), where it sold for $120. The catalog description^[1] noted, "DANISH INDIA: TRANQUEBAR: Christian VI, 1730-1746, AE kas, 1731, crowned C 6 monogram, divided date // crowned Norge lion on curved battle-axe; slight porosity, nice F-VF, 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 this copper coin.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: copper, this specimen 1.03 g.

Catalog reference: KM-130, Gray-122, Jensen-218.

Source:

• Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
• 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.

Links to:

• Tranquebar (1699-1730) cash KM-124, "F4/DOC WHVK"
• Tranquebar (1699-1730) cash KM-129, "F4/DOC WHVK"
• Tranquebar (1699-1730) 2 cash KM-135, "F4/DOC 2 Kas"
• Tranquebar (1699-1730) 10 cash
• Tranquebar (1730-46) cash KM-133, "C6/DAC"
• Tranquebar (1730-46) cash KM-134, "C6/TB"
• Tranquebar (1730-46) 2 cash KM-136
• Tranquebar (1730-46) 4 cash KM-138
• Tranquebar 1732 cash
• Coins and currency dated 1731