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PORTUGUESE MALACCA: Filipe I, 1580-1598, AV unit (2.53g), VF

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / World Coins - Asia & Middle-East Start Price:1,700.00 USD Estimated At:2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD
PORTUGUESE MALACCA: Filipe I, 1580-1598, AV unit (2.53g), VF
SOLD
2,800.00USD+ (560.00) buyer's premium + applicable fees & taxes.
This item SOLD at 2024 Jan 19 @ 14:56UTC-8 : PST/AKDT
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PORTUGUESE MALACCA: Filipe I, 1580-1598, AV unit (2.53g), cf. Singh-BZ.03 (obverse lettering), unpublished type, Portuguese coat of arms, flanked by F and [M] // São Tomé standing, S-T across; polished, usual weakness of strike, VF, RRRR, ex Akio Seki Collection.

The letters FM are said to refer for the local fortress, known as Fortaleza de Malacca in Portuguese. It was constructed by the Portuguese in 1511, passed to the Dutch in 1641, and almost completely dismantled in the early 19th century.