2 pice for Bombay in India of the English East India Company (EIC), 1219, 1804
Also known as: 2 pice voor Bombay in India van de Engelse Oostindische Compagnie (EIC), 1219, 1804
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1804
Copper coin. Obverse: coat of arms of the EIC supported by two lions standing on a banner with inscription, each holding in its claw an arrow with a flag attached, above which is a crest. Year at the bottom. Reverse: pair of scales, between which the inscription in Arabic characters: Adil, and below which the year: 1219 [=1804]. Plain edge. Struck in England. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-3890; its record gives material recorded as copper (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements diameter 3.1 cm x weight 13.45 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 3.1 cm x weight 13.45 g
Design
- Obverse
- coat of arms of the EIC supported by two lions standing on a banner with inscription, each holding in its claw an arrow with a flag attached, above which is a crest. Year at the bottom.
- Reverse
- pair of scales, between which the inscription in Arabic characters: Adil, and below which the year: 1219 [=1804]. Plain edge. Struck in England.
Identification
- Original title
- 2 pice voor Bombay in India van de Engelse Oostindische Compagnie (EIC), 1219, 1804
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- KOG-MP-1-3890
- Museum classification
- coin
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