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French India – Pondicherry Mint, Gold – Type 1, One Swami

See Pondicherry Mint, Mint Name Arcot Mint for a gold Mohur

Figure of Venkateshwara with dots and symbols on either side	Crescent with a dot below, within granular field.

Actual Weight (g)

3.40

Actual Diameter (mm)

Composition

Gold

Catalogue

Cat No.	Photo Link	KM	Denomination	Provenance	Comments	Rarity
FR 115	√ 72.	50	Pagoda	Zeno		RR

French India – Pondicherry Mint, Gold – Type 2, Three-Swamai

These often seem to be assigned to the Yanaon Mint

Actual Weight (g)

~3.4

Actual Diameter (mm)

Composition

Gold

Catalogue

Cat No.	Photo Link	KM	Denomination	Provenance	Comments	Rarity
FR 116	√ 73.	51	Pagoda	Zeno	One example with full figures. See photos	RR

French India – Pondicherry Mint, Silver – Type 1

	Four Royalins	Two Royalins
Actual Weight (g)	5.40	~2.5-3
Actual Diameter (mm)
Composition	Silver

Catalogue

Cat No.	Photo Link	KM	Denomination	Provenance	Comments	Rarity
FR 117	√ 74.	46	Two Fanon	Zeno
FR 118	√ 75.	A41	Fanon	Zeno

French India – Pondicherry Mint, Silver – Type 2

	Two Fanon	Fanon	Half Fanon
Actual Weight (g)	2.20	1.20	0.70
Actual Diameter (mm)
Composition	Silver

Catalogue

Cat No.	Photo Link	KM	Denomination	Provenance	Comments	Rarity
FR 119	√ 76.	47	Two Fanons	HC
FR 120	77.	42	Fanon
FR 121	78.	36	Half Fanon

French India – Pondicherry Mint, Silver – Type 3

	Two Fanon	Fanon	Half Fanon
Actual Weight (g)	2.76	1.50-1.59	0.50-0.70
Actual Diameter (mm)
Composition	Silver

Catalogue

Cat No.	Photo Link	KM	Denomination	Provenance	Comments	Rarity
FR 122	√ 79.	48	Two Fanon	Ste
FR 123	√ 80.	44	Fanon	Ste, SA
FR 124	81.	39	Half Fanon		0.70g
FR 125	82.	37	”		0.50g Not sure of difference except weight

French India – Pondicherry Mint, Silver – Type 4

	Four Royalins	Two Royalins
Actual Weight (g)	2.76?	1.50-1.59?
Actual Diameter (mm)
Composition	Silver

Catalogue

Cat No.	Photo Link	KM	Denomination	Provenance	Comments	Rarity
FR 126	√ 83.	49	Two Fanons (Four Royalins)	Roma
FR 127	84.	45	Fanon (Two Royalins)

French India – Pondicherry Mint, Silver – Type 5

	Four Royalins	Two Royalins	Royalin
Actual Weight (g)	2.76?	1.50-1.59?	0.70?
Actual Diameter (mm)
Composition	Silver

Catalogue

Cat No.	Photo Link	KM	Denomination	AD	Provenance	Comments	Rarity
FR 128	85.	55	Two Fanon (4 Royalins)	1837
FR 129	√ 86.	54	Fanon (2 Royalins)	1837	SA
FR 130	√ 87.	53	Half Fanon (Royalin)	1837	SA

French India – Pondicherry Mint, Silver – Type 6

Actual Weight (g)

2.70

Actual Diameter (mm)

Composition

Silver

Catalogue

Cat No.	Photo Link	KM	Denomination	AD	Provenance	Comments	Rarity
FR 131	√ 88.	40	Fanon	1700	Zeno

French India – Pondicherry Mint, Bronze – Issued 1723

Struck at Pondicherry for use in Mauritius.

	Two Sol	One Sol
Actual Weight (g)
Actual Diameter (mm)
Composition	Bronze

Catalogue

Cat No.	Photo Link	KM	Denomination	Provenance	Comments	Rarity
FR 132	√ 89.	1	Two Sol	SG
FR 133	90.	2	One Sol

French India – Pondicherry Mint, Copper – Type 2

	puducheri

	Doudou	Half Doudou	Cash
Actual Weight (g)	4.20	2.10
Actual Diameter (mm)
Composition	Copper

Catalogue

Cat No.	Photo Link	KM	Denomination	Provenance	Comments	Rarity
FR 134	√ 91.	123	Doudou	Ste, Triskeles, Zeno	See photos for one with the complete strike visible
FR 135	√ 92.	122	Half Doudou	Ste
FR 136	√ 93.	121	Cash	Ste

French India – Pondicherry Mint, Copper – Type 3

Actual Weight (g)

Actual Diameter (mm)

Composition

Copper

Catalogue

Cat No.	Photo Link	KM	Denomination	AD	Provenance	Comments	Rarity
FR 137	√ 94.	141	Doudou	1836	Triskeles, HC

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