Hi.. anyone collects Indo-Danish coins? Today, I stumbled upon a lot (about 16 coins with couple of duplicates).. And does any body know a good source for these coins apart from ofcourse Tranquebar... I'll be uploading the scans as soon as I identify them...
Hello, Can I know, your website to see the coins that you are selling. I came to know that you have the India 2 Anna 1949 Pattern Coin. edited - offers to buy, sell or trade are not permitted
Hi.. I'm afraid, we are not allowed to tell anything about selling in this forum... And, I'm not going to sell that pattern coin in the near future.. And in case you want to know about the other selling items, please PM me.. Biju
I collect these too...I would say Vcoins would be your best bet......I've certainly got a few from there !
Jerome, is the date legible on all those coins? I'm finding it difficult.. First, they are almost worn out and secondly, date is almost always be off flan.. Let me know your experience...
The early minor coins, and some of the major coins, often don't have dates on them at all, and it isn't uncommon to find them offstruck. I only really collect the earlier ones, so I can't help on anything 19th century though.
Indo-DANISH? Denmark didn't have an empire outside Iceland, Greenland and what's now the US virgin Islands. Don't you mean Dutch?
Indo-Danish was a settlement established by Danish Asiatic Company and it was just a factory site and seaport operated by them. Tranquebar was the only town where they minted coins. In 1845, they sold this settlement to East India Company. I have collected Indo-Danish coins in past and built a small collection of this small European settlement several years ago. Those are not very attractive coins and most lead coins didn't survived much in the coastal Southern Indian weather. The copper coins are often found in severely corroded state with very less details available on coins. The silver/gold coins are rare. You reminded me of a very good old friend I met more then 15 years ago in a coin shop in Bombay. His name was Jansen Uno-Barner from Denmark and was traveling India in those days. In that trip he found few Indo-Danish coins from local dealers and wanted to do more research on them. I was in touch with him for several years and helped him building his (as well as mine) collection of Indo-Danish coins. Few years back he published his book on Indo-Danish coins. It’s a very good reference book on this subject. Looking forward to see the images of those coins you added in your collection... Regards, Ballabh Garg
