1646 - 1794 - Dutch India
Paliakate - VOC VIII-Kas

VOC eight Kas copper coin issued by the Dutch Mint in Paliakate . They are found in Lanka.

SPECIFICATIONS
DenominationTwo Kas
Alloy Copper
Type Struck
Diameter 21.7 mm
Thickness 4.8 mm
Weight Legal13.20 gms
Weight 13.34 gms
Shape Round
Edge Plain
Die Axis -90°
Mint Paliakate
Paliakate_8kas_cud_obverse Paliakate_8kas_cud_reverse
Scholten 1218 Codrington # ; Dutch India KM # 39
Obverse : PA_ above VIII above the VOC monogram with the foot slightly between the arms of the V, in beaded circle.

Reverse : Arabic inscription in the name of Sultan Abdulla in 3 lines within in beaded circle.

Paliakate_legend Benam

Sultan

Abdulla

Text edited from
* Ceylon Coins and Currency By H. W. Codrington. Colombo 1924
  PULICAT Chapter X Dutch Page 137
* The Coins of the Dutch Overseas Territories-1601-1948 by C. Scholten, 1953, Amsterdam:
  Jacques Schulman. Chapter X PULICAT page 133.

This VF coin was obtained from a dealer in Kandy in 2018 June and is scanned at 600 dpi and displayed at 250 dpi /body>