Madras 1803 5 cash KM-317
This specimen was lot 6771 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2017), where it sold for $493.50. The catalog description[1] noted, "INDIA. East India Company. Madras Presidency. 5 Cash (Falus), 1803. NGC PROOF-65 BN. Small lettering. Attractive chocolate patina." 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 copper coin, however, was made in Birmingham along with one, ten and twenty cash. The first issue of five cash was 3.23 g (KM 316). The assets of the East India Company were transferred to the British government after the Indian Mutiny of 1857 and the mint was closed in 1869.
Recorded mintage: unknown but common.
Specifications: 2.41 g, copper, 22 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: Prid-208; KM-317.
- 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]Ponterio, Richard, The January 2017 NYINC Sale: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, featuring the Richard Stuart Collection, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2016.
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