INDO-DANISH COINS. 
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placing it in the reign of the former are : — (1) the type 
of this coin is certainly older than that of the coins of 
Frederick IV, (Figs. 5 and 6) there being a marked advance 
in the form of the D.O.C. : (2) though in the obverse of 
this coin, there appears a crown, it differs considerably from 
that which surmounts the monogram of Frederick IV, either 
in the earlier or in the later variety of his issues : (3j this 
coin bears a striking resemblance to Fig. 2, which certainly 
belongs to the reign of Christian V, as it bears the monogram 
of that king distinctly. 
Reverse. — The monogram of the Company — D.O.C. — sur- 
mounted by a quaint crown with the numeral 1 to the left, 6 
to the right and 99 underneath, thus reading 1699. 
Fig. 4. — This is a very bad specimen, and what inscrip- 
tion there was on the reverse is now totally obliterated. 
Weight: 11 "7 grains. 
Obverse. — The monogram of the king C. 5 — Capital C. 
enclosing the numeral 5 — surmounted by a crown. 
Frederick IV succeeded Christian V in 1699. He sent 
in 1706 a Protestant Mission to Tranquebar, which did some 
good work, but whose progress it is needless here to trace. 
There are two varieties of the coins of this reign. 
Fig. 5. Earlier variety. 
Average weight : 13 '6 grains. 
Obverse. — A crown above the monogram of the king, 
which in this series consists of the letter F and the numeral 
4 combined. 
Reverse. — The monogram D.O.C. in large capital letters 
surmounted by a similar crown. 
Fig. 6. — Later variety. 
This coin is more neatly executed than the last. 
Weight : 13-8 grains. 
Obverse. — The monogram of the king — Frederick IV— ^ 
the letter and numeral no longer in combination, surmounted 
by an elegant crown. 
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