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1 Cash Bencoolen
| Issuer | East India Company |
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| Year | 1693-1700 |
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| Thickness | 2 mm |
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| Obverse description | The obverse displays the initials 'CCE' in relief within a divided rectangular frame, the field separated horizontally into two registers by a raised bar. The upper register contains the abbreviated monogram referencing the Governor and Company of Merchants of London Trading to the East Indies, rendered in bold Latin capitals. The lower register features horizontal ruled lines. The flan is irregular and roughly circular, characteristic of hammered coinage of the period, with a heavily granular copper surface exhibiting natural patination. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse presents an Arabic inscription within a similarly divided rectangular frame, the field bisected horizontally by a raised bar creating two registers. The upper register is largely plain, while the lower register carries the Arabic legend 'انگریز کمپنی' (meaning 'English Company'), struck in a bold but somewhat irregular manner consistent with hammered production. The flan edges are uneven and show typical casting irregularities, with the copper surface displaying green and brown patination indicative of considerable age and burial or circulation wear. |
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| Mintage | ND (1693-1700) |
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