INDO-DANISH COINS, 
77 
Ohcerse. — The monogram of the king C. VII — ^^single 0 
enclosing the numeral 7 — under a crown. 
Reverse. — X. KAS. in large characters with the date 
under the inscription, the reading of which gives the year 
1786. 
Fig. 14. — Average weight: 36' 6. 
Obverse. — The monogram of the king — C. VII — sur- 
mounted by a crown. 
Reverse. — IV KAS. and date. 
These IV KASH pieces continued to be issued during 
the following reigns, bearing the monogram of the reigning 
monarch till 1845, when Tranquebar ceased to be in Danish 
hands. 
Those in our cabinet are of the following years : — 1788, 
1790, 1797, 1800, 1816, 1817, 1820, 1822, 1823, 1824, 1830, 
1831, 1832, 1833, 1835, 1837, 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842, 
1843, 1844, and 1845. 
We have already seen that the Danish possessions in 
India were for a time (1808 — 1814) in English hands. We 
have of course not seen or heard of any coins struck during 
this period, as the mint naturally suspended operations. 
On examining the two varieties of the coins of Christian 
VII, we find that the earlier bear, on the reverse, the mono- 
gram of the Company and the date, while the later variety, 
still preserving the same obverse, bear on the reverse the 
value of the coin, viz. X or IV KAS. and the date. This 
change seems to have taken place at the end of the last 
century between 1771 and 1780, for we have in our cabinet 
a 4 KASH of 1771 of the former type and a IV KASH of 
1780 of the latter, and we have seen a IV KASH of the 
later style bearing the date 177 — . 
Silver coins of Christian VII are of two sizes, the larger 
being exactly twice the smaller in weight. 
Fig. 15, larger size. 
Weight : 39'5 grains. 
