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1 Cash - Frederik III
| Issuer | Danish India |
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| Year | 1648-1670 |
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| Currency | Royalin (1730-1818) |
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| Obverse description | Royal crowned cipher of Frederik III of Denmark, with the monogram 'F3' displayed beneath a large open crown. The design is rendered in low relief on an irregular planchet, characteristic of cast lead coinage produced for Danish colonial trade in India. The lettering 'F·3' appears within the field, denoting the reigning monarch. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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Frederik III never visited his Indian territories, and the Danish presence at Tranquebar (Tharangambadi) was chronically underfunded throughout his reign. The lead cash issues of this period were minted locally to satisfy small-denomination commerce that Danish copper and silver could not efficiently serve at this scale. Lead coinage was unusual even by colonial standards — the choice reflects both the poverty of the Tranquebar settlement and the practical reality of sourcing metals far from Copenhagen.
The Danish East India Company had nearly abandoned Tranquebar entirely in the 1640s before Frederik's accession stabilized the administration just enough to keep it solvent.