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2 Tangas Counterstamped
| Issuer | Dutch East India Company (VOC) |
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| Year | 1655-1656 |
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| Technique | Hammered |
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| Obverse description | Central field displays a large stylized armillary sphere or floral rosette motif with radiating petals and a central boss, surrounded by decorative foliate elements, all set above a beaded arc border resembling a crown. A small incuse circular VOC countermark punch is applied at the upper left of the field, bearing the intertwined VOC monogram of the Dutch East India Company. The flan is irregular and slightly ragged at the rim, consistent with hammered Portuguese colonial coinage of the mid-seventeenth century. The overall design retains characteristics of Portuguese India hammered silver coinage, with the countermark applied by VOC authorities in Ceylon to validate the coin for local circulation. |
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| Obverse lettering | SI 1655 C VOC |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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