78 
INDO-DANTSH COINS. 
Obverse. — The monogram of the king, C. VII. — under 
a crown. 
Reverse. — A word which appears to be ' EOVALIN ' or 
' ROYALIN,' over what looks like a globe or a coat-of-arms, 
the date being distributed on either side thereof. The 
reading of the date gives the year 179 — the last digit being 
obliterated. Coins of this size are very rare. 
Fig. 16, smaller size. 
Obverse. — Same as last. 
Reverse, — The same word over the coat-of-arms, (?) the 
date 1784 being distributed on either side. We have not 
been able to make out the meaning of this word RovaHn. 
These silver pieces would appear to be fanams and half 
fanams. Dr. P. Kelly, in his Universal Cambyst (1821), says 
that 8 fanams went to a Danish Rupee and a rupee was 
worth 24|(f. sterling ; and, according to a calculation given 
by him, a fanam would weigh a Httle more than 1^ dwts., 
which is the weight of the coin figm'ed as No. 15. These 
coins are also rare. 
We have never met with any Danish Rupees in the 
course of our coin hunting. Our earliest silver coin beai's 
the date 1770, and the latest 1793. It is probable that the 
silver coins began to be issued simultaneously with the later 
type of lY KASH pieces of Christian YII ; X cash pieces of 
Christian YII in silver occur but are rare ; we have a specimen 
of this coin, but the inscription on it is too far gone to be 
deciiDherable. 
Frederick YI, as crown prince for some yeai-s, adminis- 
tered the affairs of the State conjointly with his father. 
In 1808 he became sole ruler. 
Fig. 17.— X KASH of Frederick YI. 
Average weight : 90"6 grains ; but the specimen figured 
weighs as much as 97 "9 grains. 
Obverse. — The monogram of the king — consisting of F. E. 
with the Roman numeral YI beneath — surmounted by a 
crown. 
