Summary
1 Pice (Pie or Pai), Issued by, East India Company, Madras Presidency, India, 1833, 1240 AH
Minted by Royal Mint, London
Pridmore states 'A native engraver's copy of the Royal Mint issue. The classification is not clear'
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, 1833
Reverse Description
Within an open wreath, 1 / value in Persian / in Persian the date 1240
Edge Description
Plain
Significance
Struck as fractions of the Madras rupee which had been introduced in 1817
More Information
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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, Dec 1992
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Date Issued
1833 AD
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Issued By
Madras Presidency, India, 1833
A local production but uncertain if authorised by the East India Company. Krause lists the 1833 date as a standard issue, Pridmore calls it a local engraver's copy. -
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
17.7 mm (Outside Diameter), 2.07 g (Weight)
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Shape
Round
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References
Pridmore 286 KM#428
[Book] Pridmore, Fred. 1975. The Coins of the British Commonwealth of Nations, Part 4, India. 1., 84 Pages
[Book] Bruce, Colin R. 2006. Standard Catalogue of World Coins 1801 - 1900., 701 Pages
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Keywords
British Commonwealth Coins, British Commonwealth and Empire Coins
