Madras 1825 pie
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This specimen was lot 2772 in Steve Album Auction 51 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2025), where it sold for $96. The catalog description[1] noted, "MADRAS PRESIDENCY: AE pie, 1825//AH1240, reverse type II (1 dot below the last letter of Persian yek pay ("one pie"), NGC graded AU55 BN, ex Solar Collection." This type was struck in London AH 1240/1825 and AH 1248/1833. Neither are rare tho the 1825 is more common. One rupee was 192 pies (later paisa). Two and four pie copper pieces also exist.
Recorded mintage: 4, 741,328 plus proofs.
Specification: 2.13 g, copper, 17.7 mm diameter, plain edge.
Catalog reference: Stv-5.97, KM-428, Prid-284.
- 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 51, featuring the Howard Daniel III Collection of Asian Coins, the Almer H. Orr III Collection of World Coins and the Joe Sedillot Collection of German Coins, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2024.
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