Issuing authority

Danish India

Kind: colony
Region: South Asia, Asia

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Dated span

1756 – 1792

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Tranquebar, Danish India, Danish Asiatic Company (DAC), in the name of King Frederick V, 2 royaliner, 1756

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

modern coins

Tranquebar, Danish India, Danish Asiatic Company (DAC), in the name of King Frederick V, 2 royaliner, 1756

1756

Silver coin. Obverse: crowned monogram of the king. Reverse: value indication: 2 royaliner in two lines. Below, between date, crowned oval Danish coat of arms. Pattern coin, struck on a flan of a XII skilling Danske from 1718. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-4007; its record gives material…

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Royalin from Tranquebar, Danish India, of the Danish Asiatic Company (DAC), in the name of King Frederick V, 1762

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

modern coins

Royalin from Tranquebar, Danish India, of the Danish Asiatic Company (DAC), in the name of King Frederick V, 1762

1762

Silver coin. Obverse: crowned monogram of the king. Reverse: value indication: 1 royalin in two lines. Below, between date, crowned oval Danish coat of arms. Plain edge. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-4009; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique striking (metalwork…

Documented

Partial type record

2 royaliner from Tranquebar, Danish India, of the Danish Asiatic Company (DAC), in the name of King Christian VII, 1776

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

modern coins

2 royaliner from Tranquebar, Danish India, of the Danish Asiatic Company (DAC), in the name of King Christian VII, 1776

1776

Silver coin. Obverse: crowned monogram of the king. Reverse: value indication: 2 royaliner in two lines. Below, between date, crowned oval Danish coat of arms. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-4011; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique striking (metalworking); meas…

Documented

Partial type record

Royalin from Tranquebar, Danish India, of the Danish Asiatic Company (DAC), in the name of King Christian VII, 179[2]

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

modern coins

Royalin from Tranquebar, Danish India, of the Danish Asiatic Company (DAC), in the name of King Christian VII, 179[2]

1792

Silver coin. Obverse: crowned monogram of the king. Reverse: value indication: 1 royalin in two lines. Below, between date, crowned oval Danish coat of arms. Plain edge. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-4013; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique striking (metalwork…

Documented

Partial type record

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