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THE INDIAN ANTIQUARY.
[MAY, 1893.
III.-CHRISTIAN THE FIFTH.
(A. D. 1670 to 1699.) No. 3. Lead. Weight, 357, 363, 76 grains.
(N. 20668; W. 2803.4). "Obv. 05, linked and crowned.
Rev. DOC, linked and crowned. The letters DOC are the initials of "Dansk Ostindisk Compagni” (Danish East Indian Company). According to Neumann, a lead coin of different type (N. 20661) bears the date 1687 on the obverse.
No. 4. Copper. Weight, 117 grains.
(N. 20668; R. 4.) Oby. Same as No. 3.
Rev. Blank. No. 6. Copper. Average weight, 13 grains.
(N. 20662-3; R. 2.) Oby. Double C 5, linked and crowned ; 8 on the left, and 9 on the right. Other specimens have 9 on the left, and 0 or 1 on the right.
Rev. DOC, linked and crowned ; W on the left, H on the right, and VK below.
The figures 89, 90 and 91 on the obverse are abbreviations of the dates 1689, 1690 and 1691. According to Neumann, the letters W:H. V. K. on the reverse are the initials of the Danish officer who issued the coin.
No. 6. Copper. Average weight, 12. grains.
(N. 20664-7; W. 2809-10; R. 3.) Obv. Double C 5, linked and crowned.
Rev. DOC, linked and crowned ; l on the left, 6 on the right, and 94 below. Other specimens have 92 or 97 below.
The figures on the reverse represent the dates 1692, 1694 and 1697. Neumann and Weyl also note the date 1693, R, the date 1699.
IV.-FREDERICK THE FOURTH.
(A. D. 1699 to 1730.) No. 7. Copper; one cask. Weight, 13, 17 grains.
Obv. Double P 4, linked and crowned. Rev. DOC, linked and crowned. NO. 8. Copper ; two cash. Weight, 28 grains.
(N. 20671.) Obv. Same as No. 7.
Rov. DOC, linked; 2 Kas below. Neumann describes a four-cash piece, and both Neumann and Weyl a ten-cash piece of similar type.
No. 9. Copper. Average weight, 124 grains.
(W. 2812; R. 5.) Obv. A monogram, consisting of F and 4, crowned. Rev. DOC, linked and crowned. No. 10. Copper. Average weight, 13 grains.
(N. 20673-4; R. 6.) Obv. F 4, linked and crowned. Rev. Same as No. 9.
