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Bombay Mint – Hammered Coinages – Moghul Style – Silver Rupee – Farrukh Siyar (1713 to 1719)

Sikka zad az fazl hagg bar sim wa zar bādshāh bahar wa bar farrukh-Siyar [AH] (= Struck money of gold and silver by the grace of God Emperor of sea and land. Farrukh-Siyar [AH]). On RY 6 the AH is top right. On RY 7 the AH is to the left in the centre row.		ẓarb munbai sanah [RY] julūs maimanat mānūs (= Struck at Bombay in the [RY] year of tranquil prosperity)

	Rupee	Half Rupee
Actual Weight (g)	11.48-11.53	5.32-5.71
Actual Diameter (mm)	23.8-26.8	23.0-24.2
Composition	Silver

Catalogue

Cat No.	Photo Link	Pr. No.	Denomination	AH	RY	Differentiating Mark	Provenance	Comments		Rarity
2.1	√ 877.	30	Rupee	112x	6	1 ‘Flower’	RJ	Also in BM	AH date top right. See photos.	RR
2.2	√ 877c.	30	”	1129	6	2 ‘Open Carrot’	RJ, Tody			S
2.3	√ 878.	30	”	112x	6	3 ‘Carrot’	Ste, Tody, Noon			R
2.3A	√ 878c.	-	”	1130	6	3 ‘Carrot’	Craig	See Johnston, JONS 236	AH date centre left. See photos.	RR
2.4	√ 879.	31	”	1130	7	3 ‘Carrot’	Ste, Tody	AH 1130 – ref: Baldwin (2003), sale 35, lot 1711		S
2.5	√ 880.	31	”	1130	7	4 ‘Crown’	Ste, Tody, Noon			R
2.6	√ 880b.	-	Half Rupee	112x	6		Tody, Bombay			RRR
2.7	√ 880c.	-	”	xxxx	7	4 ‘Crown’	Ste	Ref: Shatrughan Jain, personal communication, November 2006		RRR

N.B. A Farrukh Siyar rupee apparently without a RY has been offered for sale (Album list 197 No 363). It has a light weight of 10.89g and diameter of 22.5-23.3. It also has a different arrangement of the obverse legend and a different differentiating mark. It therefore does not fit into this series and is either from a different mint or a counterfeit. See photo below:

Bombay Mint – Hammered Coinages – Moghul Style – Gold Mohur – Shah Jahan II 1719

sikka mubārak bādshāh ghāzī shāh jahān (= the auspicious coin of the victorious Emperor Shāh Jahān)		ẓarb munbai sanah [RY] julūs maimanat mānūs (= Struck at Bombay in the [RY] year of his reign of tranquil prosperity).

Official Weight (g)

10.79

Actual Weight (g)

?

Actual Diameter (mm)

?

Composition

Gold

Catalogue

Cat No.	Photo Link	Pr. No.	Provenance	Comments	Rarity
2.8	846.	1		No specimens traced	NR

Bombay Mint – Hammered Coinages – Moghul Style – Silver Rupee – Shah Jahan II (1719)

sikka mubārak bādshāh ghāzī shāh jahān [AH] (= The auspicious coin of the Victorious Emperor Shāh Jahān [AH]).		ẓarb munbai sanah [RY] julūs maimanat mānūs (= Struck at Bombay in the [RY] year of tranquil prosperity).

	Rupee	Half Rupee
Actual Weight (g)	11.45-11.53	5.70-5.75
Actual Diameter (mm)	23.8-25.6	19.8-21.9
Composition	Silver
Edge	Plain

Catalogue

Cat No.	Photo Link	Pr. No.	Denomination	AH	RY	Provenance	Comments	Rarity
2.9	√ 881.	32	Rupee	[11]31	Ahd (1)	Ste, Bald, RJ, Noon		R
2.10	√ 882.	33	Half Rupee	[11]31	Ahd (1)	Ste, RJ, Tody		RRR

See also Sūrat mint. On the Sūrat coins the King’s name is usually in the top line but there is a specimen with the King’s name in the middle line – like the Bombay coins (noted by Bob Johnston)

Bombay Mint – Hammered Coinages – Moghul Style – Gold Mohur – Muhammad Shah 1719 to 1748

sikka mubārak bādshāh ghāzī muḥammad shāh (= the auspicious coin of the victorious Emperor Muḥammad Shāh).		ẓarb munbai sanah (RY) julūs maimanat mānūs (= Struck at Bombay in the (RY) year of his reign of tranquil prosperity).

Actual Weight (g)

10.92-10.95

Actual Diameter (mm)

21.6-22.7

Composition

Gold

Catalogue

Cat No.	Photo Link	Pr. No.	AH	RY	Provenance	Comments	Rarity
2.11	√ 847c.	-	113x	8	Tody		RRR
2.12	√ 847.	-	114x	11	ONSNL, RJ, Tody, Vikas Parmar, Oswal, Noon	Ref: ONS (1998), Newsletter 157, p15. See photos	RRR
2.13	848.	2	1145	15		Caldecott lot 58. Not seen since	RRR
2.14	849.	3	11[xx]	29		Caldecott lot 59. Not seen since	RRR

Oswal auction 48 had a similar coin apparently without a RY date but it looks like a weakly struck RY 11. See photos

Bombay Mint – Hammered Coinages – Moghul Style – Silver Rupee et infra – Muhammad Shah – 1719 to 1748

On Md Shāh Bombay rupees the dots or symbol to right of the M of Mumbai varies over time. RY Ahad and RY 2 have no mark like the earlier Shāh Jahan II issues. Some RY 3 have 5 dots, some RY 3 and RY 4 up to RY 14 have 4 dots, RY 15 and some RY 16 have 3 dots, some RY 16 have 4 dots again and some RY 16 and RY 17 and later have a vowel mark. This vowel mark was below the diagonal line of Zarb on the earlier issues.

Sikka mubārak bādshāh ghāzī muḥammad shāh [AH] (= the auspicious coin of the victorious Emperor Muḥammad Shāh [AH]).		ẓarb munbai sanah [RY] julūs maimanat mānūs (= Struck at Bombay in the [RY] year of tranquil prosperity).

	Rupee	Half Rupee	Quarter Rupee	Eighth Rupee
Official Weight (g)	11.55	5.76	2.89	1.44
Actual Weight (g)	11.18-11.57	5.57-5.81	?	1.43
Actual Diameter (mm)	20.3-27.3	18.0-21.6	~18	~16
Composition	Silver
Edge	Plain

Catalogue

Cat No.	Photo Link	Pr. No.	Denomination	AH	RY	Differentiating Mark	Provenance	Comments	Rarity
2.14C	√ 883e.	-	Rupee	1131	1	1	Craig Numismatics	The examples seen of RY 1 & 2 have a misspelling in the centre line of the obverse. The last letter of shāh appears to be replaced by letter d or r. Alternatively, the b in bad is replaced by an h?	S
2.15	√ 883.	35	”	1132	2	?	Noon	Differentiating mark not clear but could be flower? Very rare with both AH & RY
2.16	√ 883c.	-	”	113x	2	1	RJ, Tody, Zeno	Also, ref: Wiggins
2.17	√ 884.	-	”	113x	3	1	RJ	Also, ref: Wiggins
2.18	√ 884c.	-	”	113x	3	2	Tody, Zeno
2.19	√ 884e.	-	”	1134	3	3	Ste, Bald, Bombay via RJ
2.20	√ 885.	36	”	1135	4	3	Tody via RJ
2.21	√ 886.	37	”	1135	5	3	Ste, RJ, Bombay via RJ, Noon
2.22	√ 886c.		”	1136	5	4	RJ
2.23	√ 887.	38	”	1136	6	4	Ste, Tody, Noon
2.24	√ 887c.		”	113x	6	5	RJ
2.25	888.	39	”	1136	7	?		Taken from Pr. but AH & RY do not correspond. May be a mistake?
2.26	√ 889.	40	”	1137	7	5	Ste, Bald, Oswal, Noon	See photos for a specimen possibly dated 1138
2.27	√ 890.	41	”	1138	8	5	Ste, Bald, RJ, Noon
2.28	√ 891.	42	”	1139	9	5	Ste, Noon, Zeno
2.29	√ 891c.	-	”	1140	10	5	Ste, Bald, Tody, Oswal via RJ	Numeral 5 written as small circle, not dot
2.30	√ 891e.	-	”	xxxx	10/9	5	RJ	RY 10 over 9. May be a light-weight counterfeit?
2.31	√ 891g.	-	”	114x	11	6	RJ, ClassNG via RJ	Straight 1s in RY
2.32	√ 892.	43	”	114x	11	7	Ste, Noon	Curved 1s in RY
2.33	√ 893.	44	”	114x	12	7	Ste, Noon
2.34	√ 894.	-	”	114x	13	7	Ste, Noon	Ref: Mitchiner M1694
2.35	√ 896.	45	”	114x	14	7	Ste
2.36	√ 898.	46	”	1145	15	8	Ste	Numeral 5 written as kidney shape
2.37	√ 899.	47	”	1146	16	8	Ste but no AH, Craig, RJ
2.38	√ 901.	48	”	1147	17	8	Ste, Noon
2.39	√ 902.	49	”	1148	18	8	Ste, Bald, Tody, RJ
2.40	√ 903.	50	”	1149	19	8	Ste, Bald, Oswal via RJ, Noon
2.41	904.	51	”	1150	19	8
2.42	√ 905.	-	”	1150	20	8	RJ, Noon	Numeral 0 written as small circle (not dot)
2.43	√ 907.	52	”	115[x]	21	8	Ste, RJ
2.44	√ 908.	-	”	115[2]	22	8	Ste, Bald, SA via RJ, Tody via RJ	Ref: Puddester
2.45	√ 909.	-	”	1153	23	8	Ste, Noon, Bald
2.46	910.	-	”	1154	23	8		Ref: Baldwin (2006),sale 47 (Stiller), lot 851
2.47	√ 910c.	-	”	1153	24	8	Noon	RY not clear. Could be 23?
2.48	√ 911.	53	”	1155	25	8	Ste, RJ, Noon
2.49	√ 912.	54	”	1156	26	8	Ste, Bald, RJ, Noon
2.50	√ 913.	55	”	1157	27	8	Ste, Noon
2.51	√ 914.	-	”	115[x]	28	8	Ste	Ref: Noble (1995), sale 48 lot 2059. Also Puddester
2.52	√ 915.	-	”	1159	29	8	Ste, Noon
2.53	√ 916.	-	”	116x	30	8	Ste, RJ, Noon	Numeral 0 written as dot or small circle
2.54	√ 917.	56	”	1161	31	8	Ste
2.55	919.	57	Half Rupee	xxxx	4	-			RR
2.56	√ 920.	-	”	11xx	5	3	Ste
2.57	√ 920c.	-	”	xxxx	6	4	RJ
2.58	√ 921.	-	”	[xxxx]	7	5	Ste
2.59	√ 921c.	-	”	[xxxx]	9	5	Ste	Ref: Album (2011), sale 10, lot 1581
2.59C	√ 921e.	-	”	[xxxx]	11	7	ClassNG via Ketan Chotai
2.60	√ 922.	58	”	1147	17	8	Bald
2.61	923.	-		xxxx	19	-		Ref: Puddester
2.61A	√ 923c.	-		xxxx	20	8	Oswal via RJ
2.62	√ 924.	59	”	11[xx]	21	-	Bald
2.63	√ 924c.	-	”	115x	25	-	HC
2.64	√ 924e.	-	”	1xxx	29	-	ClassNG (via RJ)
2.65	√ 925.	-	”		31	-	Ste	Ref: Wiggins
2.66	√ 926.	-	Quarter Rupee	?	2[x]	-	Ste	Ref: Bhandare	RRR
2.67	√ 927.	-	Eighth Rupee	11xx	?	-	Mitchiner		RR

See also fifth & Twelfth rupees for use on the Malabar Coast

Bombay Mint – Hammered Coinages – Moghul Style – Copper Dam – Muhammad Shah

sikka mubārak muḥammad bādshāh ghāzī muḥammad shāh (=

Actual Weight (g)

20.11-20.99

Actual Diameter (mm)

23.3-24.6

Composition

Copper

Catalogue

Cat No.	Photo Link	Pr. No.	AH	RY	Provenance	Comments	Rarity
2.68	√ 967.	-	1140?	10?	Tody, SA, Kohinoor	At least five known. First published by Sanjay Sahadev, IIRNS, April 2002.	RR

Bombay Mint – Hammered Coinages – Moghul Style – Silver Single and Half Rupees – Ahmad Shah (1748 to 1754)

	أحمد شاه بهدور ي بادشاه غاز ك سكة مبار		مانوس ميمنت سنه جلوس ظرب منبي
sikka mubārak bādshāh ghāzī aḥmad shāh bahādur [AH] (= The auspicious coin of the Victorious Emperor Aḥmad Shāh the valiant. [AH]).		ẓarb munbai sanah [RY] julūs maimanat mānūs (= Struck at Bombay in the [RY] year of tranquil prosperity).

	Rupee	Half Rupee	Quarter Rupee
Official Weight (g)	11.60	5.80
Actual Weight (g)	11.40-11.56	5.50-5.73	2.77
Actual Diameter (mm)	20.0-23.2	17.3-18.1	15.3-15.8
Composition	Silver

Catalogue

Cat No.	Photo Link	Pr. No.	Denomination	AH	RY	Provenance	Comments	Rarity
2.69	√ 928.	-	Rupee	xxxx	2	Ste, RJ		R
2.70	√ 929.	-	”	11xx	3	Ste, RJ, Tody via RJ, Noon	Also Ref: Puddester
2.71	√ 930.	65	”	xxxx	4	Ste, Oswal via RJ, Noon
2.72	√ 931.	66	”	xxxx	5	Ste, Noon, SA
2.73	√ 932.	67	”	1167	6	Ste, RJ, Noon
2.74	√ 933.	-	Half Rupee	xxxx	4	Ste, RJ, Bombay via RJ	See photos for one that might be RY 2 or 3	RR
2.75	√ 934.	-	”	11xx	6	Bombay via RJ, Craig, Noon	Ref: Withers, Mahapatra.
2.75C	√ 946.	-	Quarter Rupee	xxxx	x	Ste, Noon (same coin)	Attribution not certain but specimen in photo shows all the characteristics of a coin of Aḥmad Shāh	RR

Bombay Mint – Hammered Coinages – Moghul Style – Gold Mohur et infra – Alamgir II (1774)

Sikka mubārak bādshāh ghāzī ‘ālamgīr (= the auspicious coin of the victorious Emperor ‘Ālamgīr).		ẓarb munbai sanah [RY] julūs maimanat mānūs (= Struck at Bombay in the [RY] year of his reign of tranquil prosperity).

	Mohur	Eighth Mohur	Fifteenth Mohur
Official Weight (g)	11.55		0.76
Actual Weight (g)	11.47-11.58	1.40-1.42	0.76-0.78
Actual Diameter (mm)	17.5-21.4	10.5-12.3	8.6-8.9
Composition	Gold

Catalogue

Cat No.	Photo Link	Pr. No.	Denomination	AH	RY	Provenance	Comments	Rarity
2.76	√ 850.	8	Mohur	1188	9	Ste, SG, Bald, Oswal, ClassNG, Noon, Zeno		RR
2.77	√ 851.	-	Eighth Mohur	11xx	9	RJ, HC via RJ, Bombay, HC	At least 8 known to RJ. Said to come from a royal family in Belgaum along with a lot of Venetian ducats.	RR
2.78	√ 852.	11	Fifteenth Mohur	xxxx	9	Subodh, Noon, Zeno	BM specimen wt = 0.77g Diam 8.6-8.9 (from RJ)	RRR

See also Third Mohur for Use on Malabar Coast

Bombay Mint – Hammered Coinages – Moghul Style – Silver Rupee – Alamgir II (1754 to 1759)

sikka mubārak bādshāh ghāzī ‘ālamgīr [AH] (= the auspicious coin of the Victorious Emperor ‘Ālamgīr [AH]). Date either top left or bottom left.		ẓarb munbai sanah [RY] julūs maimanat mānūs (= Struck at Bombay in the [RY] year of tranquil prosperity).

	Rupee	Half Rupee	Eighth Rupee
Actual Weight (g)	11.46-11.56	5.71g
Actual Diameter (mm)	20.2-23.0	17.2-18.1	~9
Composition	Silver

Catalogue

Cat No.	Photo Link	Pr. No.	Denomination	Obv	AH	RY	Provenance	Comments	Rarity
2.79	√ 936.	-	Rupee	A	1167	Ahd (Ry1)	Ste, SA via RJ, RJ, Tody	Dot above julūs on reverse	RR
2.80	√ 937.	-		B	1168	Ahd (Ry1)	Ste, Tody via RJ	No dot above julūs on reverse	RR
2.81	√ 937a.	-	Half Rupee	B	(1168)	Ahd (Ry1)	Ste	Ref: Hemanth Chopra	RRR
2.82	√ 937c.	-	Eighth Rupee	A	(1167)	xx	Bhandare	Ref: Bhandare. In Paris museum. Identified by style. No mint or date visible	RRR

Bombay Mint – Hammered Coinages – Moghul Style – Silver Rupee – Alamgir II (1754 to 1759)

The existence of the quarter and eighth rupees is somewhat doubtful but they are listed for reference.

sikka mubārak bādshāh ghāzī ‘ālamgīr [AH] (= The auspicious coin of the Victorious Emperor ‘Ālamgīr [AH])		ẓarb munbai sanah [RY] julūs maimanat mānūs (= Struck at Bombay in the [RY] year of tranquil prosperity)

	Rupee	Half Rupee	Quarter Rupee	Eighth Rupee
Actual Weight (g)	11.46-11.57	5.72-5.78		1.34-1.42
Actual Diameter (mm)	19.1-22.5	17.1-18.1		11.9-12.6
Composition	Silver

Catalogue

Cat No.	Photo Link	Pr. No.	Denomination	AH	RY	Provenance	Comments	Rarity
2.83	√ 938.	68	Rupee	1169	2	Ste but no AH, Bald but no AH, Bombay via RJ		S
2.84	√ 939.	69	”	117[0]	2	RJ	See photos for one dated 118x RY2
2.85	√ 940.	-	”	117[1]	3	Ste. Craig, Noon	Ref: Puddester, Album list 202, No 628. See photos for one double struck and dated 1171?
2.86	√ 941.	-	”	xxxx	4	Ste, Bald, Noon	Ref: Puddester
2.87	√ 942.	70	”	117[3]	5	Ste but no AH, Bald but no AH, RJ but no AH, Tody, Noon	Ref: Puddester. See photos for a specimen with a retrograde date xx73.
2.88	√ 943.	71	Half Rupee	11xx	2	Ste, RJ		RR
2.89	944.	-	”	xxxx	4		Ref: Puddester
2.90	√ 945.	72	”		5	Ste
2.91	945c.	-	Quarter Rupee		x		Existence doubtful	RR
2.92	√ 947.	-	Eighth Rupee		2	Bald, Noble, Oswal	See photos for a probable RY 5	RR

See also rupees for use on the Malabar Coast

Bombay Mint – Hammered Coinages – European Style Gold Rupee (Mohur) et infra – 1765

The shield of arms of the Company within a plain circle and surrounded by the legend. All within a beaded circle.	An inscription with floral ornaments above and below. All within a beaded boarder.

	Rupee	Half Rupee	Quarter Rupee
Official Weight (g)	10.95	5.48	2.74
Actual Weight (g)	10.95	5.47	2.72-2.75
Actual Diameter (mm)	23.3-24.2	20 (from Pr.)	17.0-17.7
Composition	Gold
Edge	Plain

Catalogue

Cat No.	Photo Link	Pr. No.	Denomination	Provenance	Comments	Rarity
2.93	√ 680.	4	Rupee	Ste, Noon, Zeno		RRR
2.94	√ 681.	5	Half Rupee	Noon		RRR
2.95	√ 682.	6	Quarter Rupee	Ste, Noon	BM specimen: wt = 2.75g	RRR

Bombay Mint – Hammered Coinages – European Style – Gold Fifteen Rupees (Mohur) – 1770

	BOMBAY 1770 15 RUPEES
An inscription surrounded by ornaments. All within a plain circle. Surrounded by a raised toothed rim.		sikka mubārak sanah 9 ‘ālamgīr bādshāh ghāzī sanah 1184 = Auspicious coin of the 9th year of ‘Ālamgīr, The victorious Emperor. Year 1184. Within a plain circle all surrounded by a raised toothed rim.

Official Weight (g)

10.95

Actual Weight (g)

10.87-10.99

Actual Diameter (mm)

22.8-23.7

Metal

Gold

Catalogue

Cat No.	Photo Link	Pr. No.	AH	RY	Provenance	Comments	Rarity
2.96	√ 683.	7	1184(=AD 1770/71)	9 (=AD 1767/68)	Ste, Noon	Modern counterfeits exist. See photos below. BM specimen: Wt. = 10.99g. Diam = 23.1-23.6mm	RRR

Modern counterfeit (photo from Bob Johnston). 11.05g

Counterfeit posted on Zeno 190780 by Lingen. 10.92g

Bombay Mint – Hammered Coinages – European Style – Copper Double Pice et infra – GR Type – 1728 to 1749

The pice denomination appears to come in two weights as shown below.

A large crown. G R separated by the orb and cross of the crown. BOMB below the crown. All within a beaded rim. The top arches of the crown are decorated with beads, not loops or circles.	The legend (= under the patronage of the King and parliament of England) and date. Within a beaded rim.

	Double Pice	Pice Type 1	Pice Type 2	Half Pice Type 1	Half Pice Type 2
Actual Weight (g)	15.06-19.10	8.01-10.13	5.90-6.13	4.17-4.57	2.89-3.04
Actual Diameter (mm)	21.5-26.3	17.6-21.6	17.6-19.3	15.0-17.5	14.1-15.1
Composition	Copper
Edge	Plain

Catalogue

Cat No.	Photo Link	Pr. No.	Denomination	Date	Provenance	Comments	Rarity
2.97	√ 732.	99	Double Pice	1728	Ste, Bald, Noble via RJ, Noon		S
2.98	√ 733.	100	”	1730	Ste, Bald, Noon		R
2.99	√ 734.	101	”	1733	Bald, Noon		R
2.100	√ 736.	-	”	1733	Ste	BOMB mis-spelt BMOB. Ref: BM	RRR
2.101	√ 735.	-	”	1733	Ste, SG, Bhandare, Bald, Noble via RJ	Overstruck on falūs of Iranian mint of Qazvin. Ref: Goron, S, (1997), ONS 154, p22	RR
2.102	√ 737.	102	”	1735	Ste, Noon		RR
2.103	√ 738.	103	”	1737	Noon	Date not certain. See photos	RR
2.104	√ 739.	(104)	Pice Type 1	1728	Ste, Noon	With complete date visible	R
2.105	√ 740.	(104)	”	1733	Ste, Oswal via RJ		RR
2.106	√ 742.	-	”	xxxx	RJ	BOMB mis-spelt BMOB. Ref: Noble (1995), Sale 48, Lot 2080	RRR
2.107	√ 741.	106	Pice Type 2	1749	Ste, Bald, RJ, Noon, Zeno		RR
2.108	√ 743.	105	Half Pice Type 1	17xx	RJ, Weir, HC, Noon	Loops on arch of crown. Horizontal lines in centre of crown	R
2.109	√ 743c.	105	”	xxxx	Ste,	Beads on arch of crown. No horizontal lines in centre	R
2.109A	√ 743e.	105	Half Pice Type 2	xxxx	RJ, Pr.	Design similar to type 2 pice	RR

Half Pice with loops (left) and beads (right)

Bombay – Hammered Coinages – European Style – Copper Double Pice – Balemark Type – 1773 to 1784

The balemark of the Company	Crown with G R above separated by the orb and cross. The legend and date below the crown.

Actual Weight (g)

10.11-10.54

Actual Diameter (mm)

19.0-22.5

Composition

Copper

Catalogue

Cat No.	Photo Link	Pr. No.	Denomination	Date	Provenance	Comments	Rarity
2.110	√ 744.	107	Double Pice	1773	Ste, RJ, Oswal via RJ, Noon		S
2.111	√ 745.		”	”	Ste, Newey, Noon	Transposed balemark. Ref: Puddester.	RR
2.112	√ 746.	108	”	1775	Vikram Deshmukh		RR
2.114	√ 748.	109	”	1783	Ste, Noon		RR
2.115	√ 749.	-	”	1784	RJ		RR

Bombay – Hammered Coinages – European Style – Copper Pice – Balemark Type – 1773 to 1784

The balemark of the Company	The legend PICE BOMB and date below.

Actual Weight (g)

4.79-5.22

Actual Diameter (mm)

16.9-20.1

Composition

Copper

Catalogue

Cat No.	Photo Link	Pr. No.	Denomination	Date	Provenance	Comments	Rarity
2.116	√ 750.	110	Pice	1773	Ste, Noble via RJ, Noon, Zeno		S
2.117C	√ 751c.		”	1779	Avik Sarkar		RR
2.118	√ 752.	111	”	1783	RJ, Craig Fernandez		RR
2.119	√ 753.	112	”	1784	Ste, Newey		RR
2.120	754.	113	”	1788		Recorded from Pridmore	RR

Bombay – Hammered Coinages – European Style – Copper Half & Quarter Pice – Balemark Type – 1773 to 1784

The balemark of the Company	Value of either ½ or ¼

	Half Pice	Quarter Pice
Actual Weight (g)	2.03-2.63	1.15-1.25
Actual Diameter (mm)	14.2-15.0	10.4-12.0
Composition	Copper

Catalogue

Cat No.	Photo Link	Pr. No.	Denomination	Date	Provenance	Comments	Rarity
2.121	√ 755.	114	Half Pice	(1773)	Ste, Bald, Noble, Noon		RR
2.122	√ 756.	115	Quarter Pice	(1773)	Ste, Bald, Noon		RR

Bombay Mint – Hammered Coinages – European Style – Copper Pice – Countermarked – 1788

These very rare coins seem to come in various weights as can be seen from the weight range below.

Old native copper coin countermarked with an oblong stamp containing BOMB 1788 within a beaded border.	Blank

Actual Weight (g)

5.21-19.84

Actual Diameter (mm)

19.3-23.7

Composition

Copper

Catalogue

Cat No.	Photo Link	Pr. No.	Provenance	Comments	Rarity
2.123	√ 758.	116/117	Ste, RJ, ClassNG	Another specimen in BM. The inscription can be in various sized letters. See photos.	RRR

Bombay – Hammered Coinages – European Style – Copper Weight?

Actual Weight (g)	12.61
Actual Diameter (mm)
Composition

Catalogue

Cat No.	Photo Link	Pr. No.	Denomination	Date	Provenance	Comments	Rarity
-	√ 818m.	-	Weight?	None	Ste	Not certain what this is

Bombay Mint – Hammered Coinages – European Style – Zinc Double Pice et infra – Balemark Type 1741 to 1771

		AUSPICIO REGIS ET SENATUS ANGLIAE
A large crown with GR above. The GR is divided by the orb and cross of the crown. Below the crown is the legend. All within a border of half loops.	The motto of the Company in four lines (By the authority of the King and Parliament of England) with or without the date below. Scrolled ornaments above and below. All within a border of half loops.

	Double Pice	Pice	Half Pice
Official Weight (g)	27.2	13.6	6.8
Actual Weight (g)	24.55-36.67	13.14-17.72	10.23
Actual Diameter (mm)	37.1-41.0	32.0-35.5	28.3-28.7
Composition	Zinc
Edge	Plain

Double pice maximum weight based on report from Randy Weir.

Catalogue

Cat No.	Photo Link	Pr. No.	Denomination	Date	Provenance	Comments		Rarity
2.124	826.	232	Double Pice	1732		Not seen by Pridmore. Recorded from Atkins. Probably does not exist.		NR
2.125	√ 827.	233	”	1741	Ste, Bald, Weir, Noon, Zeno	See photos for one with a mis-spelt legend.		RR
2.126	828.	234	”	1742		Not seen by Pridmore. Recorded from Atkins.		NR
2.127	√ 829.	235	”	1743	Ste, RJ, Noon, Bald			RR
2.128	√829c.	-	”	1747	Ste			RRR
2.129	√ 830.	236	”	1748	Ste, Noon			RR
2.130	831.	237	”	1761		Not seen by Pridmore. Recorded from Atkins.		NR
2.131	√ 832.	238	”	1771	Ste, Bald, Weir, Noon	Obv legend reads BOMB.		RR
2.132	√ 833.	238	”	1771	RJ, Noon	Obv legend reads BONB.		RRR
2.133	√ 834.	239	”	1771	RJ	Rev legend reads SENATUT.		RRR
2.134	√ 835.	240	”	No Date	Ste, Noon		Probably issued in 1754. See comments	RR
2.135	836c.	-	”	No Date		Struck in lead. Wt=41g. Ref: Hemanth Chopra.		RRR
2.136	√ 838.	242	Pice	1741	Ste, Bald, Noon			RR
2.137	√ 839.	243	”	1743	Noon	Not seen by Pridmore.		RRR
2.138	839c.	-	”	1744				NR
2.139	√ 840.	244	”	1747	SA via RJ, Noon			RR
2.140	√ 841.	245	”	1771	Ste, Bald, Noble via RJ, Noon, Zeno	See photos for possible contemporary counterfeits with one dated 1773.		R
2.141	√ 842.	246	”	No Date	Ste, Bald, Noon	Probably struck in 1754		R
2.142	√ 843.	247	Half Pice	No Date	Ste	Probably struck in 1754		RRR

Diphthong correct	Diphthong - Second Bar of E missing
This minor difference is not listed as a variety in the table above

Correct Spelling for BOMB	BOMB Mis-spelt BONB (from RJ)

Correct Spelling for SENATUS	SENATUS Mis-spelt SENATUT

Weak B that looks like a 1	1748 but the 8 looks like 1 over 3	1741 with a weak 4 that looks like a 1
All three photos from Randy Weir. Some may be examples of the numerous contemporary forgeries discussed in the records. Alternatively, on earlier coins the date and the BOMB may have sometimes been engraved by modifying a vertical line causing parts of the BOMB or the date to be weak.

Bombay Mint – Hammered Coinages – European Style – Zinc Half and Quarter Pice – Value Type – No Date

Balemark of the Company	The value in English within a plain raised border

	½ Pice	¼ Pice
Official Weight (g)	6.95	3.48
Actual Weight (g)	5.31-8.13	3.50
Actual Diameter (mm)	22.5-23.5	19.3-19.4
Composition	Zinc
Edge	Plain

Catalogue

Cat No.	Photo Link	Pr. No.	Denomination	Provenance	Comments	Rarity
2.143	√ 844.	248	½ Pice	Ste, Bald, Noon, Zeno	Probably issued in 1757. See text	RR
2.144	√ 845.	249	¼ Pice	Noon		RRR