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Madras Mint – Early Coinages – Copper, Five Cash (Half Dudu) 1691 to 1754

Balemark with GCE within a beaded border.	Date in one or two lines within a plain raised circle.

Official Weight (g)

4.43

Actual Weight (g)

3.73-4.22

Actual Diameter (mm)

12.1-15.5

Composition

Copper

Catalogue

Cat No.	Photo Link	Pr. No.	Date	Rev	Provenance	√ Comments	Rarity
1.70	√ 72.	66	1691	I	Ste		RR
1.71	73.	67	1699	I		Not traced. Recorded from Pridmore.	NR
1.72	√ 74.	23&68	1700	II	Ste	Date in one line.	RR
1.73	√ 75.	69	1702	I	RJ		NR
1.74	√ 76.	70	1705	I	Ste	NB shape of 5 shown in photo above	RR
1.75	77.	-	1706	I		Ref: Lingen	RRR
1.76	78.	71	1720	I		Not traced. Recorded from Pridmore	NR
1.77	79.	-	1722 or 1723	I		Ref: Lingen. Date not clear	RRR
1.78	√ 80.	72	1726	I	Ste		RR
1.79	81.	73	1737	I		Not traced. Recorded from Pridmore	NR
1.80	√ 82.	74	1739	I	Ste	Ref: Wiggins	RRR
1.81	83.	75	1742	I		Not traced. Recorded from Pridmore	NR
1.81c	√ 83c.	-	1746	I	SA		NR

Reverse Varieties

Date	The date may be in one line, or split between two lines.

	I	II
Date	Two lines	One Line