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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Brokencompass, post: 1330316, member: 17742&quot;]In terms of coinage history...... Coins were issued by the three presidencies and the coins had to be understood by locals who spoke many different languages in different presidencies. Back then Madras Presidency had Telugu and Tamil speaking populations so the coins from Madras Presidency had Tamil, Telugu, English and Arabic on it(because India was ruled by many Mughal rulers and people were used to arabic coinage), whereas Bengal had coins with Bengali/english and arabic on it. You get the idea... These coins were called Presidency series coinageWhen the British started ruling over India, they directly controlled some areas that fell into the ambit of the presidencies and some were indirectly controlled by them as &quot;British Protectrate states&quot;. Some kingdoms made pacts and treaties with the British that gave them special status and they were allowed to mint coins. These coins came to be known as Princely States CoinageWhen the British Crown took over, they started having a uniform coinage all over India otherwise called as &quot;Imperial Coinage&quot;[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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