Summary
4 Pice (Pies or Pai), Issued by, East India Company, Madras Presidency, India, 1825
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, 1825
Reverse Description
Within an open wreath (right tip points up), 4 / value in Persian (chahar pai) / 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
1825 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), 8.39 g (Weight)
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Shape
Round
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References
Pridmore 278 KM#431
[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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Keywords
British Commonwealth Coins, British Commonwealth and Empire Coins
