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Auction 78  22-27 May 2023
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Lot 719

Starting price: 500 EUR
Price realized: 700 EUR
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From the property of a Gentleman - VOC, Dutch India - Dutch-Ceylon (Sri Lanka) - Lead/tin 1/8 doit 1747 (1.53 g.). Colombo, the 1/8 Doit "bazaroekken" made of half lead and half tin issued to relieve the shortage of doits. The first Lankan coin with Sinhala letters "Ath Mila". It has been pointed out that the Sinhala letters read "Ath Mila" which translates to Hand Value and not "Aka Mila"(1/8 Salli) as given in Scholten. R4 VF. Ref.: Scho. 1319; Passon 53.16 - extremely rare and never sold by us before
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