Wednesday 26 December 2012

Coins Of East India Company In India









There are 9 East India Company coins under this topic. Once India was a large country with hundreds of princely states and some were under different foreign dominations. For the sake of administration, the company  issued different coinages for different states.
1. The first 3 are coins for general usage which were used in all states. Silver rupees 1935 and 1940
2. The next 2 are coins for the Bombay Precidency
3. 2 coins after that were minted for Madras Precidency
4. 1 coin for Bengal Precidency
5. The last big coin is a temple token with certain purchasing value issued by the company dated 1616


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