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French East India Company

Kind: company
Region: South Asia, Asia

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½ biche from Mahé in India of the French Compagnie perpétuelle des Indes, 1743

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

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½ biche from Mahé in India of the French Compagnie perpétuelle des Indes, 1743

1743

Copper coin. Obverse: five fleurs-de-lis in three rows. Reverse: year: 1745. Struck in Pondicherry. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-4097; its record gives material recorded as copper (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements diameter 1.3 cm x weight 3.51 g.

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Fanon [=1/5 rupee] from Mahé in India of the French Compagnie perpétuelle des Indes, 1750 [?]

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

modern coins

Fanon [=1/5 rupee] from Mahé in India of the French Compagnie perpétuelle des Indes, 1750 [?]

1750

Silver coin. Obverse: inscription in Arabic characters in three lines. Reverse: inscription in Arabic characters in three lines, including date [?]. On the left of the middle line, Latin letter P [=Pondicherry]. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-4098; its record gives material recorded as sil…

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Copper1
Silver1

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