† Coins of India. East India Company. Bombay Presidency, 1/5-Rupees (11), c.1730-1805, made for the Malabar Coast (Pr 34, 74, 295, 296 (3), 297 (2), 298 (2), 299; KM 270, 174, 273, 274 (3), 275 (2), 276 (2), 277).Generally very fine to extremely fine. (11) For detailed information on these coins, known as Bombay Billys, see the article by Shailendra Bhandare and Paul Stevens in the supplement to ONS Newsletter 172 (2002) entitled ‘“Bombay Billys”: The British Coinage for the Malabar coast – a reappraisal’ and subsequent articles in ONS 174, 176, 192, 193 by the same authors and Hans Herrli. Part of the David Fore Collection of British Indian Coins. £250-350
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