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Princely States

This term has 2,963 records attributed within our system.

Term type

AAT
Object name

Created

14yrs ago

Connected records

An image of 5 Cash (1 Falus)

5 Cash (1 Falus)

Maker(s)

Ruler: Anonymous
Issuer: East India Company (Struck in the name of)
Mint: Madras (Inferred)

An image of 4 Pice

4 Pice

Maker(s)

Ruler: Anonymous
Issuer: East India Company (Struck in the name of)
Mint: Madras (Inferred)

Double Fanam

Maker(s)

Ruler: Charles II (1660-85) (Struck in the name of)
Mint: Madras (Inferred)

An image of Rupee

Rupee

Maker(s)

Ruler: Anonymous
Shah Alam II (1761-1805) (Struck in the name of)
Title: Azizuddin
Mint: Bagalkot

An image of Rupee

Rupee

Maker(s)

Ruler: Raghuji II (1772-1816)
Ahmed Shah Bahadur (Struck in the name of)
Mint: Nagpur

An image of Takka

Takka

Maker(s)

Ruler: uncertain
Holkars (On behalf of)
Mint: Konch

An image of Pice

Pice

Maker(s)

Ruler: Anonymous
Chhatrapati Shivaji (1679-1680) (Struck in the name of)
Mint: uncertain

An image of 1 Rupee

1 Rupee

Maker(s)

Ruler: Anonymous
Shah Alam II (1761-1805) (Struck in the name of)
Ahilya Bai (1765-1795) (Struck in the name of)
Mint: Murshidabad

An image of 10 Cash

10 Cash

Maker(s)

Ruler: Anonymous
Mint: Madras (Inferred)

1 Cash

Maker(s)

Ruler: Anonymous
Issuer: East India Company (Struck in the name of)
Mint: Madras (Inferred)

1 Cash

Maker(s)

Ruler: Anonymous
Issuer: East India Company (Struck in the name of)
Mint: Madras (Inferred)

An image of 1/4 Anna

1/4 Anna

Maker(s)

Ruler: Anonymous
Issuer: East India Company (Struck in the name of)
Mint: Madras

An image of Madosie (1/2 Anna)

Madosie (1/2 Anna)

Maker(s)

Ruler: Anonymous
Shah Alam II (1761-1805) (Struck in the name of)
Mint: No mint
Mint inferred: Calcutta

An image of ½ rupee

½ rupee

Maker(s)

Ruler: Alamgir II (1754-59) (Struck in the name of)
Mint: Arkat (Struck in the name of)
Mint: Madras (Inferred)

An image of 5 Cash

5 Cash

Maker(s)

Ruler: Anonymous
Mint: Madras (Inferred)

An image of 1 Paisa

1 Paisa

Maker(s)

Ruler: Sindhias
The Peshwa (On behalf of)
Mint: Bindraban Mominabad

An image of Velli Fanam (1/5 Rp)

Velli Fanam (1/5 Rp)

Maker(s)

Issuer: East India Company (Struck in the name of)
Mint: Tellichery
Mint: Thalassery

An image of 1 Pice

1 Pice

Maker(s)

Ruler: Anonymous
East India Company (Struck in the name of)
Mint: Bombay

An image of Rupee

Rupee

Maker(s)

Ruler: Anonymous
Alamgir II (1754-59) (Struck in the name of)
Mint: Arkat

An image of Rupee

Rupee

Maker(s)

Ruler: Anonymous
Farrukhsiyar (1713-19) (Struck in the name of)
Mint: Chinapatan

An image of 1/4 Rupee

1/4 Rupee

Maker(s)

Ruler: William IV (1830-37)
Mint: Bombay

An image of 1/2 Pice

1/2 Pice

Maker(s)

Ruler: Anonymous
East India Company (Struck in the name of)
Mint: uncertain

An image of Takka

Takka

Maker(s)

Ruler: Kher family
The Peshwa (On behalf of)
Mint: Sagar Ravishanagar

An image of 2 Pice

2 Pice

Maker(s)

Ruler: Anonymous
East India Company (Struck in the name of)
Mint: Bombay

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