Madras (1807) 20 cash KM-329

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Stephen Album sale 50, lot 2602

This specimen was lot 2602 in Stephen Album sale 50 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2024), where it sold for $2,280. The catalog description[1] noted, "MADRAS PRESIDENCY: AE dub (20 cash), 1807, East India Company issue, obverse in Persian, reverse in Tamil and Telugu, date on the obverse followed by the Persian word isuvi which means "by Jesus," i.e., "Christian"; lovely strike, VF-XF, ex Solar Collection." The Madras mint, a facility of the British East India Company, minted pagodas and rupees under license from the Mughal emperor since the seventeenth century. This series, which included five, ten and forty cash, was probably the last made locally; thereafter, company officials ordered coins from Birmingham. This is likely a pattern; the regular issue (KM 328) states "XX CASH" on the obverse.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 7.56 g, copper, 27.8 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM-329.

Source:

  • Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
  • Stevens, Paul, The Coins of the English East India Company, Presidency Series: A Catalogue and Pricelist. London, Spink & Son Ltd, 2017.
  • [1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 50, featuring selections from the Dr. Robert A. Rosenfeld Collection, the Hakim Hamidi Collection, the Almer H. Orr III Collection and the Solar Collection, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2024.

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