Salem Paisa, Copper, 5.5 g, Paisa (8 Cash), AH 1213, Salem Mint, with Persian and Tamil le

Salem Paisa, Copper, 5.5 g, Paisa (8 Cash), AH 1213, Salem Mint, with Persian and Tamil legends, AH 1213 (KM 5). Very Fine+ and Extremely Rare, very few known. Great Rarity and first time appear in market. Following the 3rd Mysore War, by virtue of the Treaty of Seringapatam, the East India Company gained a sizeable part of Tipu Sultan’s lands. Included was an area known as the Baramahal, some 70 miles inland from Pondicherry. In charge of this area of Salem was Captain Alexander Reid. There he found a great complexity of coinage in circulation and considered ways of introducing a more standar

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Auction: Auction #25 · Oswal Antiques · 2011-09-24 · Estimate: ₹ 225000 - ₹ 250000

Category: East India Company

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