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Gold Pagoda, 3.4g

Currency:INR Category:Coins & Paper Money Start Price:500,000.00 INR Estimated At:500,000.00 - 600,000.00 INR
Gold Pagoda,  3.4g
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Gold Pagoda, 3.4g, obv. Lord Vishnu standing, facing front, rev. crescent within a granulated field, no date, issue of 1715-1774 AD (KM 50 & Friedberg 1519). Complete figure of the lord, well centered, Extremely Fine, Extremely Rare. France was the last of the major European maritime powers of the 17th century to enter the East India trade. Six decades after the foundation of the English and Dutch East India companies (in 1600 and 1602 respectively). The French issued their own coins with the design and fabric of the coins circulating in the region, that is of a single figure with a granulated reverse similar to the early Negapatnam pagodas of 1662-1747 and 1747-1774. But the use of a Hindu deity on the coin was disapproved by the Church. The Director General in Paris looked into the matter and turned down the objection of the Church. The coins were put back into circulation only to be withdrawn again at a later date. This variety is far rarer than the lot below or the other known variety of 3 swami with crescent on rev.