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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;JayAg47, post: 7740442, member: 112342&quot;]I see the confusion, so here is my take on this coin, I believe it was issued by the Travancore kingdom, because by 1800s Sri Lanka, aka Ceylon was fully under the control of the British, who issued Sri Lankan rupees portraying Victoria, and even in the 1700s, Ceylon was under the control of the Dutch, who issued Duit.</p><p>However the kingdom of Travancore was an independent principality who issued own coins, Travancore is a place where they mostly worship Vishnu, known as Vaishnavites, and one of his icons is his feet! the obverse of the coin features a stylised form of Vishnu&#039;s feet, with a religious symbol above, whereas Ceylon have Buddhists and Siva following Hindus known as Shaivites. In the Numista description they&#039;ve mentioned stylised lion, which is wrong.</p><p>My post on this iconography <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/battle-of-kandalur-salai.381498/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/battle-of-kandalur-salai.381498/">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/battle-of-kandalur-salai.381498/</a></p><p>Although the coin would&#039;ve been issued in the Malabar coast, nothing is stopping people from taking it to Ceylon for trading and stuffs![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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