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Fort St David Mint – Copper, Cash – c1740

Pridmore attributes these cash coins to Fort St David on the grounds that:

  1. The coins can be attributed to the EIC because of their inscription.
  2. The cash coins issued at Madras have been identified, and these coins cannot therefore have been issued from Madras.
  3. He found documentary evidence of cash being produced at Fort St David in 1740.

 

Tamil inscription (= Sri = Honourable), within a beaded border.

Tamil inscription = KUMPINI = Company. All within a plain square.

 

 

Two Cash

Cash

Actual Weight (g)

2.46-2.60

1.12-1.25

Actual Diameter (mm)

10.0-12.5

8.9-10.5

Composition

Copper

Edge

Plain

Axes

 

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Catalogue

Cat No.

Photo Link

Pr. No.

Denomination

Provenance

Comments

Rarity

5.8

516.

-

Two Cash

RJ

Reported by Bob Johnston

RR

5.9

516c.

289

Cash

Ste, Weir

 

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