INDO-DANISH COINS. 
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During the time of the Danish power in India, Denmark 
was under the sway of several kings, a list of whose names 
is given below with the dates of the accession of each. 
Christian IV .. .. A.D. 1588 
Frederick 
Christian 
Frederick 
Christian 
Frederick 
Christian 
Frederick 
ni 
V 
IV 
VI 
V 
VII 
VI 
A.D. 1648 
A.D. 1670 
A.D, 1699 
A.D. 1730 
A.B. 1746 
A.D. 1766 
A.D. 1808 
A.D. 1839 
Christian VIII 
The first king of note among these was Frederick III 
who, by his intrepid behaviour in the midst of misfortunes, 
^endeared himself to his subjects, and was chosen hereditary 
and absolute king of the three estates of the realm. At his 
accession half a century had elapsed since the establishment 
of the small settlement in the east, and by this time the 
affairs of the colony had been put in order and trade had 
begun to flourish, the increasing emergencies whereof neces- 
sitated an independent coinage for Tranquebar and the other 
Danish settlements in India. The earliest issue we know 
of is a copper coin of this king, of about the size of a quarter 
farthing. 
Fig. 1. Weight: 18 grains. 
Obverse. — The monogram of the king F. 3. The letter 
F and the numeral 3, side by side, surmounted by a crown. 
Reverse. — A lion or unicorn passant to the left with a 
crown on its head, holding in its paws a branch or a curved 
dagger. 
The coin bears no date. A noteworthy feature in the 
Indo-Danish Coins is that, like the Indo- Portuguese Coins, 
they have no inscription in any of the vernacular languages 
of the country. 
Christian V succeeded Frederick III in the year 1760. 
Figs. 2, 3 and 4 are coins of this reign. 
