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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. | Benam Sultan Abdulla |
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