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Auction: 21125 - Spink Numismatic e-Circular 11: Indian & Islamic Coins
Lot: 7208

Sri Lanka (Ceylon), Portuguese Colony, 2-Tanga, 4.23g, Galle, host coin Goa, 2-Tanga, (16)50, arms between G - A, rev. standing figure of St John between S - I, obverse countermark G / LL Galle (host coin India Goa, KM 68; with countermark, Ceylon, KM 56; Scho. 1266), host coin about fine, countermark clear, very fine, scarce

provenance
Part of a collection of coins formed by Mr Campbell, a tea planter of Nuwara Eliya in the early 20th century. He regularly correspondeded with Mr H. W. Codrington (famous for having later written 'Ceylon Coins and Currency,' published by Richards, Government Printer, Ceylon, 1924), which is still a standard reference work on the subject today. Codrinton mentions that a hoard of coins of this type were being offered in Ceylon in 1913 and it is likely that these coins were part of this find.

Codrington writes in Ceylon Coins and Currency (p.102):
"The countermarks found on the Portuguese coins are three:-
i) The monogram GALE (Galle)
ii) The monogram of the Dutch East India Company, either plain, or surmounted by C (Colombo) or by I (Jaffna)
iii) The letter R."


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Sold for
£520

Starting price
£140