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tenbobbit Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 701 Posts	Posted 09/15/2015 9:06 pm I recently purchased a small lot of coins and in it was 2 coins of the east india company that I hadn't come across before. The first coin is a 2 Pice/ 1/2 Anna dated either 1818 or 1819, weight 20.91g. The 2nd coin is a 1 Cash from c1695 with the early monogram of GCE, weight 1.63g. I am not sure which way up the reverse of coin 2 should be, hopefully someone can let me know. If anyone can offer further information on coin 2 that would be greatly appreciated. Report this Post to the Staff

Bacchus2 Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 2882 Posts	Posted 09/16/2015 1:37 pm The GCE stands for G(overnor and) C(ompany of the Merchants of London trading to the) E(ast Indies). I think the reverse is upside down - though there's not really a lot to go on with these small coins. It's actually quite a nice coin and scarce-ish. The 1/2 anna is fairly common though. My Papal States coin collection: https://diadumenian.com/Papal%20Sta...0States.html Medieval coins collection: https://diadumenian.com/Congressofp...0Europe.html Indian Rupee Collection: https://diadumenian.com/Congressofp...0Rupees.html Minor world Silver: https://diadumenian.com/Congressofp...20coins.html Report this Post to the Staff
tenbobbit Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 701 Posts	Posted 09/17/2015 4:30 pm Hi Bacchus, good to hear from you again. The 2nd coin ( GCE ) I think is from Sumatra, Benculen from what I have found since yesterday, I still havnt found an example that weighs as little as mine but I have found a 1/2 Dudu that weighs 3.5g and is called a 5 cash. Quite an interesting little piece. The hunt goes on. P.S I also picked up a couple of 20 cash from Mysore in the lot that I identified from 1 of your old posts Report this Post to the Staff
Bacchus2 Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 2882 Posts	Posted 09/19/2015 04:13 am The hunt is part of the fun... Glad that an old post was useful. Those Mysore 20 cash are a neat series. Tricky to get them in great condition though. My Papal States coin collection: https://diadumenian.com/Papal%20Sta...0States.html Medieval coins collection: https://diadumenian.com/Congressofp...0Europe.html Indian Rupee Collection: https://diadumenian.com/Congressofp...0Rupees.html Minor world Silver: https://diadumenian.com/Congressofp...20coins.html Report this Post to the Staff
tenbobbit Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 701 Posts	Posted 09/24/2015 1:45 pm It has been suggested that coin 2 is a contemporary counterfeit/ copy from the Tanjore area issued by the Marathas. The replies ended there unfortunately which left me with even more questions than when I started Having done some searching on the Marathas I drew a blank, no literature or pictures anywhere to confirm what he said. So basically back to square 1 Report this Post to the Staff
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