Madras 1808 20 cash

Heritage sale 3064, lot 33260

This specimen was lot 33260 in Heritage sale 3064 (Chicago, April 2018), where it sold for $432. The catalog description^[1] noted, "British India. Madras Presidency Proof 20 Cash 1808 PR64 Brown NGC, Soho mint. East India Company. Clean sienna surfaces and crisp details make this a charming example of the type." 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 five cash. This specimen is likely a later restrike. 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.

Specifications: copper, 12.95 g, 30.7 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM 321.

Sources:

• 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]Cristiano Bierrenbach and Warren Tucker, Heritage World Coin Auction 3064, featuring the Doug Robins Collection of Canadian Tokens, Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2018.

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