On
12th April 1770 Patna and Dacca were ordered to send coins to
Calcutta, monthly, for assay [1] and on 7th
May 1770 an assay report was presented to Government [2]
In
1769, the mints at Patna and Dacca were ordered to strike coins with the mint
name Murshidabad [3].
In
1771 the matter of issuing 12 sun coins was considered and a proclamation
issued [4]. This
caused some problems with payment of the troops [5] [6] [7] [8]
Problems
with striking coins, with the mint name Murshidabad, in Patna, continued until
at least 1772 [9] [10].
Patna
provided Calcutta with the duties charged for coinage in 1772 [11] and
later that year Patna gold coins were found to be below standard [12]
Gold
continued to be struck at Patna at least as late as 1773 [13]
Patna
and Dacca mints were abolished in 1773 [14]
In
1775 consideration was given to reopening the mints at Patna and Dacca [15] [16].
A
mint for copper coins was opened at Patna (and Pulta [Fulta]) for coining
copper coins in 1780 [17]
One reference that I found about the Patna mint, of course of a
later date, that i can share with you right away is that in 1800, the old Mint
House at Patna was sold to one Ahmad Hussain Khan ('Ahmud Hossain Khawn') for
Rs. 2030/-. (From Sanjay Garg)
[1]
Bengal Consultations. IOR P/1/46, 12th
April 1770, p301
Minute
[2]
Bengal Consultations. IOR P/1/47, 8th May 1770, p 10
Minute. 8th May 1770, p8
Assay report from Herbert Harris (Assay
Master at Calcutta) to Government, dated 7th May 1770
[3]
Fort William-India House Correspondence (1960) Vol VI, 1770-1772 Ed Bisheshwar
Prasad, p181, para 50
Public Letter dated 25th
January 1770 from Calcutta to London
[4]
Bengal Consultations. IOR P/1/49, 6th August 1771, 298ff
Resolution 6th August 1771
[5]
Bengal Consultations. IOR P/1/49, 16th September 1771, p443
Letter from the Patna Council to
Calcutta, dated 7th
September 1771
Letter from Calcutta to Patna
[6]
Bengal Consultations. IOR P/1/49, 18th October 1771, p547
Letter from Patna to Calcutta dated 8th October 1771
Agreed the following directions be sent
in reply
[7]
Bengal Consultations. IOR P/1/49, 29th October 1771, p308
Letter from Herbert Harris (Calcutta
Mint Master) to Government dated 23rd October 1771
Agreed copies of them be sent to the
Councils of Revenue at Moorshedabad & Patna
with the following letters
[8] Fort William-India House Correspondence
(1960) Vol VI, 1770-1772 Ed Bisheshwar Prasad, p318, para 13
Public Letter dated 15th
November 1771 from Calcutta to London
[9]
Bengal Consultations. IOR P/1/51, 26th February 1772, p403
Letter to Patna from Calcutta 26th February 1772
[10] Bengal
Consultations. IOR P/1/51, 31st March p279
Letter from Patna to Calcutta dated 19th March 1772
[11]
Bengal Consultations. IOR P/2/1 4th May 1772, p195 (3)
Letter from Patna to Calcutta dated 23rd April 1772
[12]
Bengal Consultations. IOR P/2/1 21st August 1772 p581 (206)
Letter from the Calcutta Mint Master
(Herbert Harris) to Government dated 10th August 1772
Letter from Samuel Touchet (Assay
Master) to Herbert Harris (Mint Master), dated 3rd August 1772
Letter to George Vansittart (Chief at
Patna) on 21st
August 1772
Minute entered by Mr Barwell
[13] Fort William-India House Correspondence (1960)
Vol VII, 1773-1776 Ed R.P. Patwardhan, p209, para 90
Letter dated 1st March 1773
[14] Fort William-India House Correspondence
(1981) Vol VIII, 1777-1781 Ed Hira Lal Gupta, p62
[15]
Bengal Consultations. IOL P/2/11, 14th August 1775 p42
Letter from H. Cottrell (member of the
Committee of Revenue) to Government dated 30th May 1775
Letter from J Holmes (member of the
Committee of Revenue) to Government, dated 30th May 1775
[16]
Fort William-India House Correspondence (1960) Vol VII, 1773-1776 Ed R.P.
Patwardhan, p357, para 19
Letter dated 3rd August 1775.
[17]
Fort William-India House Correspondence (1981) Vol VIII, 1777-1781 Ed Hira Lal
Gupta, p536, para 25
Letter to Court 30th April 1781
Coins were issued from the
Rasūlpūr ‘urf Patna Mint by:
Coins were issued from the Patna
(‘Azimābād) mint by: