India

Recent pickup: 1688 Mughal Empire 1 Mohur (15 Rupees) - Aurangabad mint.

 

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One pice 1952

 

I have a few Indian coins, notably five double rupees of Mysore of Tipu Sultan. I've always admired these beautiful coins, with their ornate calligraphy and size. Additionally, there is a lot of history behind these coins, produced when Tipu Sultan was fighting the British, in the form of the East Indian Company, for control of southern India, a war that he ultimately lost.




I purchased the coins over a period of about ten years, back in the 1980s, when they were more available, and the Indian home market was not as strong as it is today. I've photographed one so far.

Tipu Sultan, AM 1216
2 rupees
Patan

C 127

22.7 grams




Staying with Mysore as a native state, here is a later AE 20 cash, 1810-1833, under the British Raj.

9.04 grams

 

Mysore, Tipu Sultan, AE paisa, AM 1223 (AD1795), Nagar mint

 

India Mysore Tipu Sultan - Gold Fanam. Patan mint, AH1199

 

Kutch, AE dokdo, Rayadhanji II, c.AD1778-1814

 

Both great looking coins @robinjojo - here's my less refined Mysore elephant AE 20 cash:

 

Thanks

I really like the elephant on the your 20 cash!

I am hoping to get around an photograph the other four double rupees for a thread on Tipu Sultan and the war with the British near the end of the 18'th century.

 

Indian coins is another theme of mine and I have plenty of them.

Mysore: Tipu Sultan (1782-1799) AE ½ Paisa, AM1222, Patan Mint (KM#122.2)

 

Mysore XX cash 1838

 

India Mysore - 20 Cash, 1811 - 1833

 

Mysore: Krishna Raja Wodeyar (1799-1868) AE 20 Cash (C#193.2)

Obv: Lion to the left with right paw upraised; Kannada legend above - ಶ್ರೀ ಚಾಮುಂಡಿ (Sri Chamundi) with sun and moon between ಶ್ರೀ (Sri); date below the lion; the whole enclosed in lined circle and ring of dots.
Rev: ಕೃಷ್ಣ (Krishna) and ضرب میسور (Struck at Mysore) on the field; ಮಯಿಲಿ ಕಾಸು ೨೦ (Mayili Kasu 20) , MEILEE/MILEE/MILAY XX CASH in margin, enclosed in lined circle.

 

Mysore: Krishna Raja Wodeyar (1799-1868) AE 10 Cash (C#192.2)

Obv: Lion to the left with right paw upraised; Kannada legend ಶ್ರೀ (Sri) between the sun and moon above; date below the lion; the whole enclosed in lined circle and ring of dots
Rev: ಕೃಷ್ಣ (Krishna) and ضرب میسور (Struck at Mysore) on the field; retrograde 10 in English to the left, enclosed in lined circle

 

Mysore: Krishna Raja Wodeyar (1799-1868) AE 20 Cash (C#177)

Obv: Elephant caparisoned standing to left; Kannada legend ಶ್ರೀ (Sri) between the sun and moon above; the whole enclosed in lined circle and ring of dots.
Rev: Kannada legend ಮಯಿಲಿ ಕಾಸು ಇಪ್ಪತ್ತು (Mayili Kasu ippattu) in two lines; XX CASH in English below, enclosed in lined circle.

 

Mysore: Krishna Raja Wodeyar (1799-1868) AE 20 Cash (C#193.1)

Obv: Lion to the left with right paw upraised; Kannada legend above - ಶ್ರೀ ಚಾಮುಂಡಿ (Sri Chamundi) with sun and moon between ಶ್ರೀ (Sri); date below the lion; the whole enclosed in lined circle and ring of dots.
Rev: ಕೃಷ್ಣ (Krishna) and ضرب میسور (Struck at Mysore) on the field; ಮಯಿಲಿ ಕಾಸು ೨೦ (Mayili Kasu 20) , MILAY XX CASH in margin, enclosed in lined circle.

 

Mysore: Krishna Raja Wodeyar (1799-1868) AR 1/4 Rupee (C#205)

Obv: Persian legend in multiple lines - سک زد بر هفت کشور سید فضل الله خامی دین محمد شاه علم بادشاه (Sikka zad bar haft kashur saya fazl al khami din Muhammad Shah Alam badshah; Defender of the Muhammadan faith, Reflection of Divine excellence, the Emperor Shah Alam struck this coin to be current throughout the seven climates)
Rev: Persian legend in multiple lines with regal year - ضرب میسور سن ۴۸ جلوس میمنت مانوس (zarb Mahisur san 44 julus mayimanat manus; Struck at Mysore in the 44th year of the auspicious reign)

 

Mysore, Tipu Sultan, AE paisa, AM1227/(AD1799), Nagar mint

 

How about the obscure colonial coinage of India...

French India: Æ Biche, 1785, Mahé (KM#65)

Obv: 5 Fleur-de-lis
Rev: Date

 

Portuguese Inda, Goa: Maria I and Pedro III 1786 ½ Pardao (KM#189, Gomes-06.04)

Obv: Conjoined heads of Maria I and Pedro III facing right, date below
Rev: Crowned arms

 

Danish India, Tranquebar: Christian IV (1588-1648) Pb Cash (UBJ-10; Gray-21; KM#11)

Obv: DAN/NISB/ORG in three lines
Rev: VOC monogram with D entwined at the base