India

Early Bombay Presidency Pice, ND (1672)

 

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East India Company X cash 1808. Possibly from the wreck of the Admiral Gardner.

 

Thanks for pointing out zeno.com It looks like a great resource. Galle is a very interesting place. You can see and feel the portuguese and dutch influence. It's was easy to imagine it as a bustling ancient port. There definitely was a bit of buzz around galle about the VOC coins and bonk bars, it was very early days for me as far as coin collecting but if I was to return I would make the most of that fact.

 

I spent a few weeks in Colombo, would you believe, in 1974. I was working on an old tramp steamer and we hauled a load of "handshaking" cargo there from Seattle. That means it was a gift from the people of the USA, free food aid. I bought my first VOC duit there, in some small and dusty shop. Also picked up a Chola massa. I was very much a neophyte at numismatics then, and now wish I had bought a LOT more.

 

I have a Half-Anna...



Two reasons: Buddha depicted, and one of my daughters is Anna...

 

I have never seen any EIC coin with a Buddha on one side. Wonder if it is regular issue or a temple token? Here is one of my half annas, 1835, Bombay mint.

 

Here's one of mine!

 

OK, I did some research and now feel pretty sure that both of those "EIC" coins with Buddha images pictured above are temple tokens or medals. Below is a Hindu temple piece with Hanuman (Monkey God) shown on the first image, beneath the dais. The final image is a Sikh Temple token. All bear fictitious dates.

 

Sorry. But it is modern fake.

 

Just came today, Gujarat Sultans, AH 837, AE falus, Ahmad Shah I, 1411-1442 AD. Shame it was struck by a hoe or shovel on the left hand image.

I must agree with Siberian Man about the EIC half anna with Buddha image. It is a temple token/medal which borrowed the reverse of an EIC half anna. Probably was cast.

 

Some India state coinage

 

Some Rupees

 

This one came yesterday, Victoria EIC 2 anna 1841. Not yet sure of the mint

 

East India Company/ Madras Presidency
AV Mohur 1819
Madras Mint

 

VEIC-Sumatra, 1 keping, AH1202/AD1787

 

India ?

 

Oh, sorry, I thought this was the uno thread. Here is a new India coin that came today. ID is tentative for now. Mughal, Akbar, AD1556-1605, Ahmadabad, AE dam, AH982

 

EIC Victoria AR rupees, continuous legend and divided, 1840