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Madras Mint – Early Coinages – Copper, Cash – 1725 to c1752

A heart shaped shield with a 4 on top. Triply divided. In each third is a letter E I C. A wavy line above. All within a beaded border?	Date within a dotted circle.

Official Weight (g)

1.20

Actual Weight (g)

1.07-1.65

Actual Diameter (mm)

7.4-11.0

Composition

Copper

Catalogue

Cat No.	Photo Link	Pr. No.	Date	Obv	Provenance	√ Comments	Rarity
-	√ 113.	-	1710 or 16	A	Ste	Ref: Wiggins. Also Jackson ‘Coin Collecting in the Deccan’. Date may be 1710 or 16? See Pr. Sale.	RRR
1.119	√ 113c.	-	1725	A	Ashvita Fine Living, RJ	Ref: Lingen	RR
1.120	√ 114.	97	1731	A	Ste, HC	Specimens exist with a bar across the 7. See photos for one that looks as though it turned over and was struck a second time	S
1.121	√ 115.	98	1733	A	Ste	Probably the most common date.	C
1.122	√ 116.	99	1734	A	Ste, RJ		RR
1.123	√ 117.	100	1736	A	Ste		R
1.124	√ 117c.	-	1737	A	RJ		R
1.125	√ 118.	101	1737	B	Ste		S
1.126	√ 119.	102	1739	A	Ste, RJ		RR
1.126C	√ 119b.	102	1739	B	HC, RJ		RR
1.127	√ 119c.	-	1740	A	RJ		RR

See also Fort St David mint for cash struck 1748-1752

Obverse Varieties

Letters in balemark

The letters in the balemark may be arranged clockwise or anti-clockwise.

	A	B
Letters in balemark	Clockwise	Anti-clockwise