Madras Mint – Early Coinages – South Indian
System – Gold, Three Swami Pagoda 1691 to 1806
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The
Dutch were the first European residents to issue a pagoda bearing the image of
three Hindu gods or goddesses. This coin type became very popular and was
copied by the British, perhaps first at Fort St David (although these pieces
have not been catalogued as coming from that mint), and then at Madras.