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1 Fanam Negapatnam Mint
| Issuer | Dutch East India Company (VOC) |
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| Year | 1675-1700 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Obverse description | A stylized conch shell depicted in low relief at center, rendered in the degenerate local coinage style characteristic of Dutch Negapatnam issues. The conch is shown with a curved spire at upper left and a tapering columella below, surrounded by a plain flat field within a rounded flan. The design reflects the strong influence of indigenous South Indian coinage traditions adopted by the VOC at the Negapatnam mint. |
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| Reverse description | A highly degenerate representation of a boar in profile, reduced to an abstract 'lazy J' or hook-shaped device with a cluster of pellets below representing the legs and body of the animal. Above the device appears the abbreviated legend 'O.C.' (for Oostindische Compagnie, the Dutch East India Company), rendered in a crude, worn style typical of these small hammered fanams. The design reflects the progressive stylistic degeneration of the original boar motif through repeated die copying at the Negapatnam mint. |
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| Reverse lettering | O.C. |
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