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20 cash for Madras, India, of the English East India Company (EIC), 1803

1803 · striking (metalworking); copper (metal)

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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Copper coin. Obverse: coat of arms of the EIC held by two standing lions on a scroll with inscription, with arrow, to which a flag in the claw, above which a crest. Date at bottom. Reverse: inscription in Arabic characters in three lines. In the cut-out value indication: XX Cash. Smooth edge.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description

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Credit line20 cash voor Madras in India van de Engelse Oostindische Compagnie (EIC), 1803. 1803. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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