½ anna from Bengal in India of the English East India Company (EIC)
Also known as: ½ anna uit Bengalen in India van de Engelse Oostindische Compagnie (EIC)
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1831 - 1835
Copper coin. Obverse: denomination in the top two lines, half anna, and denomination in Bengali script in the bottom two lines. Reverse: denomination in Persian in Arabic script in the top line and denomination in Nagari script in the bottom line. After the first character, a small crescent moon [=Calcutta mint]. Plain edge. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-3971; its record gives material recorded as copper (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements diameter 2.8 cm x weight 12.83 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.
Evidence at a glance
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- Photograph views
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- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- copper (metal)
- Technique
- striking (metalworking)
- Measurements
- diameter 2.8 cm x weight 12.83 g
Design
- Obverse
- denomination in the top two lines, half anna, and denomination in Bengali script in the bottom two lines.
- Reverse
- denomination in Persian in Arabic script in the top line and denomination in Nagari script in the bottom line. After the first character, a small crescent moon [=Calcutta mint]. Plain edge.
Identification
- Original title
- ½ anna uit Bengalen in India van de Engelse Oostindische Compagnie (EIC)
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- KOG-MP-1-3971
- Museum classification
- coin
Documentation checklist
- Denomination
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- Issue or mint date
- Recorded
- Material
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- Weight
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- Mint or printer
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- Mint or printer mark
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- Catalogue reference
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- Recorded
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Catalogue references
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Research required
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