1646 - 1794 - Dutch India
Paliakate - VOC IIII-Kas

VOC four Kas copper coin issued by the Dutch Mint in Paliakate . They are found in Lanka.

SPECIFICATIONS
DenominationTwo Kas
Alloy Copper
Type Struck
Diameter 16.2 mm
Thickness 3.6 mm
Weight Legal6.60 gms
Weight 5.75 gms
Shape Round
Edge Plain
Die Axis
Mint Paliakate
Paliakate_4kas_cud_obverse Paliakate_4kas_cud_reverse
Scholten 1220 Codrington # ; Dutch India KM # 38
Obverse : IIII above the VOC monogram with the foot slightly between the arms of the V, in beaded circle.

Reverse : Arabic inscription in the name of Sultan Abdulla in 3 lines within in beaded circle.

Paliakate_legend Benam

Sultan

Abdulla

This specimen does not have the PA_ as seen in the specimen shown in Scholten.
Is it a different type, or a contemporary forgery as it is also 13% under weight.

Text edited from
* Ceylon Coins and Currency By H. W. Codrington. Colombo 1924
  PULICAT Chapter X Dutch Page 137
* The Coins of the Dutch Overseas Territories-1601-1948 by C. Scholten, 1953, Amsterdam:
  Jacques Schulman. Chapter X PULICAT page 133.

I thank Rudi Boekel who kindly sent me over 1200 dpi photographs of this rare VG coin from his collection, which were reduced to 600 dpi and displayed at 250 dpi