Map Map of Maratha Mints

Poona Mint

Coins were issued from the Poona mint by:

Moghul Contemporaries	Marathas
Europeans	British

History

Poona Mint under Maratha Control

See Maheshwari & Wiggins

The Marathas had a firm hold in Poona by the middle of the eighteenth century and coins were struck there in the name of Muḥammad Shāh, the Moghul emperor. Regular and systematic minting of coins by the Maratha government started about 1760 at Poona and several different types were issued there, namely the Hali sikka, the Ankusi and the Pharasi sikka. These coins were struck until 1818 when, during the third Maratha war, Poona was taken by the British following the battle of Kirkee.

Poona Mint under British Control

See Coins of the Poona Mint, also Extracts from the IOR