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Pagoda for Madras in India of the English East India Company (EIC), (1807)
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
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Gold coin. Obverse: within circle, formed by belt with buckle temple gate, around which stars. On buckle value indication in English: pagoda, and in Arabic letters. Reverse: within circle, formed by ribbon, on which value indication in Tamil and in Telugu, god half-length, standing, in a field, sown with grains. At top, between ends of the ribbon, a star. Rope edge.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit linePagoda voor Madras in India van de Engelse Oostindische Compagnie (EIC), (1807). 1807. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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