Description: For auction, a Madras Presidency 20 Cash coin, part of the East India Company. Minted in Madras (now Chennai); NGC-certified; part of the EIC Reformation coinage starting in 1807. Shipping to US and Canada addresses only. Please add $5.00 for USA USPS and $8.50 USD for CA. Thank you for looking. By the end of the eighteenth century the British, in the guise of the East India Company, had extended their power to control large tracts of Southern India, either by direct or indirect rule. They had become the dominant power in the region, with their centre of government at Madras, where they had first established themselves in the middle of the previous century. At that time they had obtained the right to mint their own money, and from then until about 1800 the coins consisted, in the main, of crudely struck gold pagodas, silver fanams and copper cash, supplemented during the eighteenth century with silver rupees. The necessity of reforming the coinage became increasingly obvious and eventually resulted in the issue of a new coinage for the Madras Presidency, beginning in 1807.
Price: 20 USD
Location: Chesterfield, Missouri
End Time: 2024-11-18T14:48:27.000Z
Shipping Cost: 5 USD
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All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Circulated/Uncirculated: Circulated
Denomination: 20 Cash
Historical Period: British
Composition: Copper
Year: 1808
Certification Number: 2824325-008
Grade: AU Details
KM Number: KM 321
Country/Region of Manufacture: India
Certification: NGC
