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kashmir said:
i have a 1858 quarter anna but the head side is different, where as yours has a bust of the queen mine has 2 lions one either side of a shield
Yup, that's the East India Company shield. India used to be owned an operated by the British East India Company under charter from the British government. After the
Indian Mutiny in 1857, the Company was shut down and India became a British viceroyalty.
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Posted 04/23/2007 7:05 pm
