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

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 1^st 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