India, Indian Princely States, Coorg, Gold Fanam, ca. 1700-1830.

These silver Polish coins were made between 1614-1628 were issued in the reign of the famous Sigismund III (1587-1632). The denomination is quite unusual being 3 Polker. They have a crowned shield on one side with the legend SIGIS 3 D G REX P M D L, with a 3 below. The other side has an orb with 24 in centre (1/24 Thaler) which divides the last two digits of the date, legend MONE NO REG POLO. They are struck in silver and are now about 400 years old. We are offering them here in Very Fine condition: you are getting a 400 year old Polish Silver coin at a most reasonable price. After all how many Polkers do you have in your collection? Buy one of these and you will have 3 Polkers to your name

Because of the pandemic, mints all over the world had to reduce production and thus the number of coins they issued. The first coins to be cut were the silver bullion coins and South Africa was no exception. At one point dealers wanted £45 each for a 2020 South Africa silver Kruger plus VAT from us! We did what any smart company would do, we said NO. We would wait till the price became more realistic. Now it has! These Brilliant Uncirculated coins which contain one ounce of pure silver, could well end up being the key date of the series. We have them at what we think is a fair price and a warning they could well turn out to be a key date. Supplies are very limited.

These cheques, issued in the 1950’s, were drawn on the Calcutta Branch of the Bank of China. They are quite large with a vignette of a globe with the map of China outlined and Chinese characters below. Interesting evidence of China’s trading presence in India some 60 odd years ago.