Summary
Proof 4 Pice, Issued by, East India Company, Madras Presidency, India, 1824
Minted by Royal Mint, London
Obverse Description
Company arms, a quartered shield (crowned Royal shield in the first quarter of the shield else plain); crest of a helm with lion holding the Imperial Crown; lion supporters, each holding a banner charged with a cross motto below on ribbon, AUSP: REGIS & SEN: ANGLIAE (translation: under the auspices of the king and senate of England); above motto, 1824
Reverse Description
Within an open wreath, 4 / value in Persian / in Persian the date 1240
Edge Description
Plain
Significance
First of the copper coins struck as fractions of the Madras rupee which had been introduced in 1817. Hocking attributed this issue to Bengal (p.278 Nos. 3531 to 3533). Pridmore notes that he could not trace the Rotal Mint records for their production but does record a letter requesting "about 100 Tons of Copper Coin" for the Presidency of Fort St. George dated May 1824 (p.39).
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Collection Names
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Collecting Areas
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Acquisition Information
Donation from (Estate of) Mr Erich Wodak, John Gartner
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Date Issued
1824 AD
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Issued By
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Mint
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Denomination
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Series
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Material
Copper
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Axis
06
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Classification
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Category
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Discipline
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Type of item
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Dimensions
27 mm (Outside Diameter), 8.567 g (Weight)
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Shape
Round
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References
Pridmore 275 KM#430
[Book] Pridmore, Fred. 1975. The Coins of the British Commonwealth of Nations, Part 4, India. 1., 39 & 83-84 Pages
[Book] Bruce, Colin R. 2006. Standard Catalogue of World Coins 1801 - 1900., 701 Pages
[Book] Hocking, William J. 1906. Catalogue of the Coins, Tokens, Medals, Dies and Seals in the Museum of the Royal Mint., 276 & 278 Pages
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