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East India Company : Madras Presidency

Currency:INR Category:Coins & Paper Money Start Price:45,000.00 INR Estimated At:45,000.00 - 50,000.00 INR
East India Company : Madras Presidency
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Vizagapatam, Silver Rupee, 11.04g, in the name of Alamgir II, AH 1213, Mint name poorly written as Machalipattan (Paul S# 5.83). Very fine, extremely rare.
Paul Stevens in his catalogue mentioned “the EIC records indicate that a mint was available to the authorities at Vizagapatam at least in 1793, because they asked the Madras Government for permission to recoin part of a batch of rupees they had received.