Issuing authority
British East India Company
- Kind
- company
- Region
- Southeast Asia, Asia
Objects are filed under the historical authority that actually issued or made them. A recorded period comes from the issuer's own reference description and is left blank where no source states it.
Published entries
18
Individual types and documented families
With photographs
100%
18 with a credited real-object photo
Dated span
1764 – 1854
18 entries with their own date
Verified or well documented
0
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Catalogue entries (18)
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Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
Silver double fanam from Madras in British India under the East India Company, 1764-1807
1764 - 1807
Silver coin. Obverse: image of the deity Vishnu. Reverse: two confronted and intertwined letters C [=Company]. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-3922A; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements diameter 1 cm x weight 1.81 g.
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Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
British Sumatra, Bencoolen, kepeng, 1787
1787
Copper coin. Obverse: monogram of the English East India Company, surrounded by the year. Reverse: on one line in Malay, value indication: 'sa kepeng' in Arabic characters. Above it, value indication: 1 in Arabic numerals and below it, year in Islamic calendar and in Arabic numerals. Milled edge. The Rijksmuseum, Am…
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Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
20 cash for Madras in India from the English East India Company (EIC), 1803
1803
Copper coin. Obverse: coat of arms of the EIC surmounted by a crest, supported by two lions standing on a banner bearing an inscription, each holding in its paw an arrow with a flag. Year at the bottom. Reverse: three-line inscription in Arabic characters. In exergue, value indication: "XX Cash". Smooth edge. The Ri…
Partial type record
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
Double Arcot rupee for Madras in India from the English East India Company (EIC), in the name of Shah Alamgir II, (1807)
1807
Silver coin. Obverse: inscription in three lines in Arabic characters, including reference to Shah Alamgir II. At top left, "frozen" year: 1172. Reverse: inscription in three lines in Arabic characters. At top right of the second line, a lotus flower. Cable edge. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-…
Partial type record
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
Madras, India, English East India Company (EIC), 1/4 pagoda, (1807)
1807
Silver coin. Obverse: within a circle formed by a ribbon bearing the value indication in English: 'quarter pagoda', and in Arabic characters, a temple gopuram surrounded by stars. At the top, between the ends of the ribbon, a star. Reverse: within a wide border bearing the value indication in Tamil and Telugu, deity…
Partial type record
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
Madras, India, English East India Company (EIC), 2 fanams, (1808)
1808
Silver coin. Obverse: within a circle formed by a belt with buckle, value indication in English: 'double fanam', on one line value indication in Arabic characters. Reverse: within a circle formed by a ribbon bearing the value indication in Tamil, in two lines value indication in Telugu. At the top, between the ends…
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Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
Duit for Maluka on Borneo, 1812
1812
Copper coin. Obverse: a nonagonal figure like a fan, below which year 1227 in Islamic calendar and in Arabic numerals. Reverse: single-line Malay inscription in Arabic characters, above which value indication 1. Smooth edge. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-4840; its record gives material re…
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Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
1/4 Arcot rupee for Madras in India from the English East India Company (EIC) in the name of Shah Alamgir II, 1172 [=1759]
1817 - 1835
Silver coin. Obverse: two-line inscription in Arabic characters with date indication at top: 1172. Reverse: two-line inscription in Arabic characters. At top, regnal year indication: 6 with lotus flower to its left [= Madras mint]. Struck in the years 1817–1835 in Madras. Internal cable edge. The Rijksmuseum, Amster…
Partial type record
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
1/3 mohur or 5 rupees for Madras in India of the English East India Company (EIC), (1819)
1819
Gold coin. Obverse: coat of arms of the EIC, surmounted by crest. Reverse: value indication in Arabic characters. Milled edge. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-3929; its record gives material recorded as gold (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements diameter 1.9 cm x weight 3…
Partial type record
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
Half-penny coin of Saint Helena
1821
Obverse: two lions, each holding a banner, jointly lifting a helmeted coat of arms above a pennant with inscription. Reverse: year within legend and laurel wreath. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-1-3454; its record gives material recorded as bronze (metal); technique striking (metalworking); m…
Partial type record
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
1/16 Arcot rupee for Madras in India of the English East India Company (EIC), in the name of Shah Alamgir II, (1823-1825)
1823 - 1825
Silver coin. Obverse: three-line inscription in Arabic characters, containing a reference to Shah Alamgir II. At top "frozen" year: 1172. Reverse: three-line inscription in Arabic characters. At top left rosette [= mint Calcutta]. Cable edge. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-3940A; its recor…
Partial type record
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
Singapore, 2 kepengs, 1804
1823
Copper coin. Obverse: coat of arms of the English East India Company supported by two lions, above which the designation 'East India Company' and below which motto. Below that, frozen year 1804. Reverse: on one line in Malay, value indication: 'doewa kepeng'. Above it, numeral: 2 in Arabic numerals and below it, yea…
Partial type record
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
Singapore, 4 kepengs, 1804
1823
Copper coin. Obverse: coat of arms of the English East India Company supported by two lions, above which the designation 'East India Company' and below which motto. Below that, frozen year 1804. Reverse: on one line in Malay, value indication: 'ampat kepeng'. Above it, numeral: 4 in Arabic numerals and below it, yea…
Partial type record
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
Sumatra, kepeng, 1804
1823 - 1844
Copper coin. Obverse: coat of arms of the English East India Company supported by two lions, above which the designation 'Island of Sumatra' and below which motto. Below that, frozen year 1804. Reverse: on one line in Malay, value indication: 'satoe kepeng'. Above it, numeral: 1 in Arabic numerals and below it, year…
Partial type record
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
Singapore, kepeng, 1804
1831 - 1844
Copper coin. Obverse: coat of arms of the English East India Company supported by two lions, above which the designation 'Island of Sumatra' and below which motto. Below that, frozen year 1804. Reverse: on one line in Malay, value indication: 'satoe kepeng'. Above it, numeral: 1 in Arabic numerals and below it, year…
Partial type record
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
English East India Company (EIC), India, ½ anna, 1835
1835
Copper coin. Obverse: coat of arms of the EIC surmounted by a crest, supported by two lions standing on a banner bearing an inscription, each holding in its paw an arrow with a flag. Year between coat of arms and banner. Reverse: between two tied branches, value indication in two lines: "half anna", above which valu…
Partial type record
Sindh postal administration, British East India Company via Wikimedia Commons
stamps
Scinde Dawk
1852
The Scinde Dawk refers to the earliest adhesive postage stamps issued in Asia, introduced for the province of Sindh under the administration of the British East India Company. The designation derives from the British spelling of the province, Scinde, combined with dawk, an anglicised spelling of the Hindustani word…
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Post of India via Wikimedia Commons
stamps
Queen Victoria, 1819-1901 issue, British India, 1854
1854
The Queen Victoria, 1819-1901 issue is a set of postage stamps released in British India in 1854. The StampWorld catalogue lists 9 stamps in the issue (StampWorld numbers 5–5‑7). Values and colours recorded for the issue: ½A blue; ½A dark blue; ½A light blue; 1A brick-red; 1A dark red; 1A red; 2A dull green; 2A eme…
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Entries by catalogue category
- Modern World Coins16
- Postage Stamps2
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Dated entries by century
- 18th century2
- 19th century16
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Materials recorded in the physical descriptions
- Copper8
- Silver6
- Bronze1
- Gold1
An entry made of several materials is counted once under each. Materials are counted only where the description states them.
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