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1/2 rupee from India of the English East India Company (EIC) in the name of King William IV, 1835
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1/2 rupee from India of the English East India Company (EIC) in the name of King William IV, 1835

1835 - 1840 · striking (metalworking); silver (metal)

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

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Silver coin. Obverse: head of King William IV to the right. On the neck truncation internal letter F [= Forbes, mint master at Calcutta]. Reverse: between two bound branches in two lines value indication: half rupee, below which in Arabic characters in one line value indication. At the bottom date. Milled edge.

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Credit line½ roepie uit India van de Engelse Oostindische Compagnie (EIC) op naam van koning William IV, 1835. 1835 - 1840. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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