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Madras Mint Early Coinages – Copper, Two Cash et infra – 1678 to 1722

 

Cash1678_05Obv

Cash1678_05Rev

Balemark with date. Surrounded by a beaded circle.

Sri Ranga. A title of the Vijayanagara empire.

 

 

2 Cash

Cash

Official Weight (g)

1.66?

0.88

Actual Weight (g)

1.57-1.66

0.64-0.82

Actual Diameter (mm)

9.5-10.8

7.1-9.0

Metal

Copper

 

Catalogue

Cat No.

Photo Link

Pr. No.

Denomination

Date

Obv

Rev

Provenance

Comments

Rarity

1.103

104c.

-

Two Cash

[16]78

A

I

RJ

RR

1.104

104e.

-

[16]78

A

II

RJ, HC

RR

1.105

104.

92

Cash

[16]78

A

II

Ste, HC, RJ

R

1.106

105.

-

[61]87

A

?

BM, Joshy Varghese

(1678) Fitzwilliam Museum. BM. Appears to be 78 retrograde.

RRR

1.107

106.

-

1691

?

?

 

Fitzwilliam Museum.

RRR

1.108

106c.

-

1697

C?

?

RJ

RRR

1.109

107.

93

1698

B

II

HC

 

RR

1.110

108.

94

1698

B

III

 

 

RR

1.111

108c.

-

1698

C

II

HC, RJ

Reverse not certain. See Photo.

RR

1.112

108e.

-

1700

C

?

HC

RR

1.113

109.

95

1702

C

III

Ste, RJ, HC

 

R

1.114

110.

-

1703

 

 

 

Ref: Wiggins.

RR

1.115

110c.

-

1704

C

III

RJ, HC

Numeral 4 shaped like a Y as on 1st issue dudus.

RR

1.116

111.

96

1705

C

III

Ste, RJ, HC

Figure 5 same shape as on half dudu.

RR

1.117

112.

-

1708

?

?

 

Fitzwilliam Museum.

RRR

1.118

112c.

-

1722

C

III

 

ANS 1919.60.226.

RRR

 

Obverse Varieties

Design

The design may consist of a balemark with the date in the lower half and the top half empty, the date in two lines in a plain circle, or a balemark with the date divided between the top and bottom.

 

 

A

B

C

Design

Date in lower half

No balemark

Full date in balemark

 

Reverse Varieties

Title

The bottom part of the title may be spelt in the correct way with the dot in the middle, or mis-spelt with the dot at the beginning.

 

 

I

II

III

Title

No Oval

Mis-spelt

Correct