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Hyderabad, Copper Token (size of a Rupee or ½ Anna) 10.73g

Currency:INR Category:Coins & Paper Money Start Price:20,000.00 INR Estimated At:20,000.00 - 25,000.00 INR
Hyderabad,  Copper Token (size of a Rupee or ½ Anna) 10.73g
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Hyderabad, Copper Token (size of a Rupee or ½ Anna) 10.73g, Bombay Mint, obv. Greenwood & Batley Ltd., Albion Works, Leeds, with their initials in centre, rev. Duncan Stratton & Co, Bombay, with an Indian tiger in centre. Superb Mint State, Very Rare. Trial pieces for machinery trials made by Greenwood & Batley Ltd of Leeds, England; with Duncan Stratton & Co. Bombay, their Indian agents. These tokens were used as advertisements to promote their own minting machinery. Pridmore refers to this company and their role on page 73 in Volume 2. Greenwood & Batley provided minting machinery to the Imperial Indian mints and also to Hyderabad.