Katalog
Warum registrieren? Nur um Bots aus unserem Katalog fernzuhalten. Ihre E-Mail bleibt privat — wir geben sie nie weiter und senden Ihnen nichts Unerwünschtes. Das garantieren wir Ihnen!
| Emittent | Danish India |
|---|---|
| Jahr | 1652 |
| Typ | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Nennwert | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Währung | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Material | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Gewicht | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Durchmesser | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Dicke | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Form | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Prägetechnik | Cast |
| Ausrichtung | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Stempelschneider | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Im Umlauf bis | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Referenz(en) | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Aversbeschreibung | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
|---|---|
| Aversschrift | Latin |
| Averslegende | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Reversbeschreibung | The reverse bears the date of issue arranged within the plain field, rendered in a crude, locally influenced hand. The inscription 'D.B 1652' appears prominently, with the date numerals occupying the lower portion of the flan. The execution is characteristic of the roughly cast lead cash coinage produced for trade circulation in the Danish enclave of Tranquebar (Tharangambadi), with irregular surface texture throughout. |
| Reversschrift | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Reverslegende | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Rand | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Prägestätte | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Auflage | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Zusätzliche Informationen |
Danish India's cash coinage was produced for the Tranquebar settlement, which the Danish East India Company had held since Ove Gjedde negotiated its acquisition from the Nayak of Tanjore in 1620. Lead was the practical choice for the lowest denomination — copper was too valuable to waste on fractional trade coinage in this market. Frederik III came to the throne in 1648 following the death of Christian IV, inheriting a company operation that was perpetually underfunded and administratively chaotic.
KM#59 is among the scarcer Frederik III issues from Tranquebar, partly because lead corrodes aggressively in tropical conditions.