Madras Mint – Early Coinages – Gold, Star Pagoda 1740 to 1806 – Obverse B

 

 

B

Design

Crude figure and many dots each side - Forgery

 

PagodaStarObv

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A – Normal design

B – Crude design on typical contemporary forgery

 

C – Full standing figure (Photo from Hemanth Chopra)