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Auction 78  22-27 May 2023
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Lot 596

Starting price: 40 EUR
Price realized: 45 EUR
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From the property of a Gentleman - VOC, Dutch India - Negapatnam - AR large fanam of 6 stivers (1.12 g.), Obv.: A human figure resembling Kali. On the breast a Shanka shell with cluster of 4 dots to right / rev.: a lazy J, with O C (Oostindische Companie) above and 3 rows of 4 dots + 1 below. The large fanam of 6 stivers, struck at Negapatnam, was intended for export to Ceylon, Cochin and the Pearl Fishery (Tuticorin). Single Fanams of the same type appear to have been struck only for Cochin and were known as Puttans. aXF. Ref.: Scho. 1234; Passon 44.8
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