Bombay, India, English East India Company (EIC) during Charles II, pice, 1660-1684
Also known as: Bombay, India, Engelse Oostindische Compagnie (EIC) tijdens Karel II, pice,1660-1684
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1669 - 1684
Copper coin. Obverse: within ornamentation, coat of arms of the EIC. Reverse: within ornamentation, designation of the mint in two lines: Bombay. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-3876; its record gives material recorded as copper (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements diameter 2.2 cm x weight 13.74 g. Description translated from the museum's Dutch catalogue text; details are those of this museum object, and how far it represents a wider type has not been independently verified.
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- copper (metal)
- Technique
- striking (metalworking)
- Measurements
- diameter 2.2 cm x weight 13.74 g
Design
- Obverse
- within ornamentation, coat of arms of the EIC.
- Reverse
- within ornamentation, designation of the mint in two lines: Bombay.
Identification
- Original title
- Bombay, India, Engelse Oostindische Compagnie (EIC) tijdens Karel II, pice,1660-1684
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- KOG-MP-1-3876
- Museum classification
- coin
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- Issue or mint date
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- Mint or printer
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- Mint or printer mark
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Catalogue references
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