† Coins of India. East India Company. French East India Company, Arcot Coinage, struck at Pondicherry, Silver Nazarana-style Broad-flan Rupee, in the name of Shah ‘Alam II, AH 1233 Year 58, struck for Mahé, 32mm (KM 16). Good very fine with some toning, rare. This issue, with posthumous dates of Shah ‘Alam II and with oblique milling on the edge rather than the usual straight machine-made milling, must have been the first issue of Rupees struck at Pondicherry for Mahé after the reopening of the mint in 1817 under the restoration of the monarchy in France. Part of the David Fore Collection of British Indian Coins. £800-1000
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