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2 Tangas Counterstamped
| Issuer | Ceylon (1597-1972) |
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| Year | 1642 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Central field features a stylized crowned armillary sphere or similar Portuguese colonial emblem, rendered in low hammered relief within a beaded border. The counterstamp applied to the coin bears the date 1642 along with the initials 'G LL', identifying the authorizing official responsible for the counterstamping. The legends 'TA DS 1642 G LL' are distributed around the central device, consistent with Portuguese colonial counterstamping practice used in Ceylon to validate or revalue circulating coinage. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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