1700 - 1784 - Dutch India
Negapatnam - VOC Two Kas
VOC Two Kas copper coin issued by the Dutch Mint in
Negapatnam. and are found in Lanka.
This is the more rare variety with mirror-image of N.
| SPECIFICATIONS |
| Denomination | Two kas |
| Alloy | Copper |
| Type | Cast ? |
| Diameter | 13. mm |
| Thickness | 2.2 mm |
| Weight Legal | 2.74 gms |
| Weight | 2.08 gms |
| Shape | Round |
| Edge | Plain |
| Die Axis | 90° |
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| Scholten 1240b ; Dutch India KM # 16.2 ; Mitchiner # 1613
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| Denomination | Two kas |
| Alloy | Copper |
| Type | Cast ? |
| Diameter | 14. mm |
| Thickness | 1.9 mm |
| Weight Legal | 2.74 gms |
| Weight | 2.02 gms |
| Shape | Round |
| Edge | Plain |
| Die Axis | -90° |
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| Scholten 1240b ; Dutch India KM # 16.2 ; Mitchiner # 1613
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Obverse : |/| (Negapatnam) above the VOC
monogram within beaded circle.
Reverse : Thamil legend NAKa /PaDDa / NaM in three lines
enclosed in a dotted circle or ellipse.
The oc on the upper coin is smaller than the OC on the
lower specimen.
Text edited from
* Ceylon Coins and Currency By H. W. Codrington. Colombo 1924
NEGAPATNAM Chapter X Dutch Page 138
* The Coins of the Dutch Overseas Territories-1601-1948 by C. Scholten, 1953, Amsterdam:
Jacques Schulman. Chapter X NEGAPATNAM page 141.
The coin was scanned at 600 dpi and displayed at 450 dpi.
It was obtained in 2002 March from a dealer in US who kindly allowed me to
select varieties from part of a hoard of coins from South India.