Catalog
1 Cash - Frederik III
| Issuer | Danish East India Company |
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| Year | 1648 |
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| Value | 1 Cash (1 Kas) (1⁄80) |
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| Obverse description | Crowned royal cypher of Frederik III, comprising the interlaced letter F surmounted by the numeral 3, all beneath a simple crown, struck in low relief on an irregular copper flan. The design is crude and characteristic of locally produced hammered coinage for the Danish settlement at Tranquebar. No legend or border is present; the field is plain and uneven. |
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| Reverse description | Arrangement of pellets or dots distributed across the plain field, representing the denomination in the local South Indian cash coinage tradition. The design is primitive and struck on an irregular flan without a border or legend, consistent with the rough hammered technique employed at the Tranquebar mint. The dot pattern serves as a value indicator in place of a formal inscription. |
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| Mintage | 1648: ND (1648) |
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