CEYLON (DUTCH): AR 2 tanga (3.16g), Galle, GALL countermark on Malacca type dated 163x by the VOC (Dutch East India Company), VF to EF. In 1655 the Dutch commenced authorizing local currency by countermarking the Galle city name on the Indo-Portuguese silver tangas. Dutch countermarks were also impressed on Chinese cash coins and other current silver coins, among which Safavid abbasi are noteworthy. Countermarks were applied in the settlement at Galle from 1655 and thereafter at Colombo and lastly, in 1658, at Jaffna. By placard of 23 October 1660 no silver or copper coins were allowed in circulate after 8 November 1660 except those marked by the Company. The silver tangas with coat of arms of Portugal and Tanga Asia (TA) monogram were struck in Malacca from 1633-38 for circulation in de Malacca (DM) and other Portuguese colonies in Asia during the reign of Dom Filipe III (1621-1640).
Estimate: USD 250 - 350