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March 2019 Hong Kong Auction 25-27 Mar 2019
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CEYLON. Tanga, 1640. PCGS Genuine--Rim Damage, EF Details Gold Shield.
KM-39; Gomes-15.01; cf.Sch-1282. Struck in silver. The Portuguese were the first Europeans to arrive in Ceyon and seized the coastal areas in the early sixteenth century. Local rulers, annoyed by Portuguese depredations, invited in the Dutch, who ousted the Portuguese in the 1650's. They, in turn, were displaced by the British in 1796, who ruled the entire island until independence in 1948. This Portuguese Goa 1640 Tanga has the Dutch East India Co. (VOC) countermark which was applied in Colombo. The countermark is graded as AU Detail. The "Edge Damage" is five small test cuts on the rim.
Ex: Baldwin's Hong Kong Auction #60 (April 2016), Lot 810.
Estimate: $350.00- $500.00
KM-39; Gomes-15.01; cf.Sch-1282. Struck in silver. The Portuguese were the first Europeans to arrive in Ceyon and seized the coastal areas in the early sixteenth century. Local rulers, annoyed by Portuguese depredations, invited in the Dutch, who ousted the Portuguese in the 1650's. They, in turn, were displaced by the British in 1796, who ruled the entire island until independence in 1948. This Portuguese Goa 1640 Tanga has the Dutch East India Co. (VOC) countermark which was applied in Colombo. The countermark is graded as AU Detail. The "Edge Damage" is five small test cuts on the rim.
Ex: Baldwin's Hong Kong Auction #60 (April 2016), Lot 810.
Estimate: $350.00- $500.00