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Auction: 1011 - Ancient, English & Foreign Coins, Commemorative Medals & Numismatic Books
Lot: 439

x India, Dutch East India Company, Countermarked Portuguese 4-Tanga, 1635, Malacca issue A-M / D-M, obverse with two small cirular stamps on the shield: voc and a "V" intersected by an "O" (cf. Gomes 22.02; Scholten 1207), host coin very fine, stamps extremely fine, rare Estimate £ 600-800 In the 17th century foreign silver coins were countermarked by the Dutch at Fort Gelria, Pulicat, before being released for circulation. This was to prevent the import and circulation of unstamped coins, which could be obtained more cheaply than the rate sanctioned by the VOC.

Estimate
£600 to £800