Copper 5 Cash, 6.10g, Selam (Salem) Mint, AH 1213, with Persian and Tamil legends (KM# 5).

Copper 5 Cash, 6.10g, Selam (Salem) Mint, AH 1213, with Persian and Tamil legends (KM# 5). Extremely fine+,extremely rare, very few known. Great rarity. An extremely rare copper issue of a short-lived mint operated at Selam by the East India company soon after the final Anglo-Mysore war in 1799. Obverse has denomination in Tamil “Anchu Kasu” (5 Cash), reverse reads “Zarb Selam 1213” for further information & further discussion please see article by Ken Wiggins, “Two unsuccessful mints of the East India Company Spink Numismatic Circular 88 October 1980. London.

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Auction: Auction #47 · Oswal Antiques · 2014-04-19 · Estimate: ₹ 225000 - ₹ 250000

Category: East India Company : Madras Presidency

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