[To convert the decimals of the last column into annas and pie, see Table V. page 10. For explanation of the present table, see page 32.] This curious and handsome coin (for a specimen of which I am indebted to Major Stacy), might be mistaken for an antique from its bearing the following Sanscrit Inscription in well-cut Nagaree characters, on the obverse and reverse respectively : श्री इन्द्रप्रस्थ स्थित राजा चक्रवर्तीभमण्डले । तत्प्रसादात्कृता मुद्रालोके स्मिन्वै विराजिते । श्री लक्ष्मीकांत पदांभोज भ्रमरायित चेतसः । Sri. Indraprestha sthito rdjd chakravartti bhumandali, Sri. Lakhsmi kdnt paddmbhoja bhramard yita chclasu, Yeshawantashya vikhydtd mudry kha prithivi tali. "By the permission of the raja of Indraprestha, (the king of Delhi,) the Emperor of the world, this coin has been struck by the renowned Yeswant, (Jeswunt Rao Holkar,) whose heart is as the black bee of the lotus foot of Lakshmikant,—to circulate throughout the earth. An. Same 1728" (=A. D. 1806), ASSAY OF BULLION GENERALLY BROUGHT TO THE CALCUTTA MINT. [A deduction of 1 per cent, should be expected from the produce of Ava Bullion, on account of the vitreous coat of litharge which adheres to the lumps.] * This table is abstracted from the examination of 35 specimens of silver specially prepared in Ava, in presence of the Resident, purposely for the comparison of the Burmese with the English assay. Table Op Copper Coins. X.-TABLE OF COPPER COINS. 51 [Where not otherwise mentioned, the name tells the place of coinage and circulation.] Since 100 grains is the weight of the present pysa, the column of weight also expresses the intrinsic value of 100 of each sort in Company's pyse. -,1809 to 1817, 101 1817, 100 half anna,.. 200 one pie,.. 48 Marked "48 to one rupee, 4 V. E. I. C." and arms. 50 Cnd. in England; device, arms, & scales, 'Adul.' 64 New coinage, with the same device. 32 192? First pie struck by contract at Pulta. -Marked. o V. c. 1792, and on the reverse a shield and crest. 64 64 64 32 33 192 137 Quarter-anna, reduced on the 4th May, 1796, to 12 annas weight, and afterwards in 1809, to nine annas, the weight of the Behar pysa. Present standard weight by Reg. XXV. of 1817. two By Regulation III. of 1831. See page 3. Coined in England, device an elephant, stivers;" the one, and half, stiver in proportion. 240 30 32 The Madhosahy worn smooth, throughout Banda. Chinanee? in Lahore, near Kangra. 190 660 240 32 230 120 412 --, new, 290 French sous, Gokoola or Gundasahy, Hadewa, 150 284 1816, 100 .. } - Brass coin with square holes, various sizes. Coined until 1818, weight one tola, or 80 to the seer. Square lump, marked "two strs." Tranquebar, rude coin marked "one str." New penny, legal weight 291.6 grains. Brass, five centimes, legal weight 154 grains. 26 Prescribed by Regulation 1II. 1806, (not coined.) 64 Established by Regulation XXI. of 1816. 100 70 Current from Muttra to Mynpooree. Benares district, former standard pysa. 62 Marked Mahomed Akber Shah. Madhosahy, Meywar, Marwar, XX. cash piece, coined in England. * Three fuloos, or one fulum choord, (little fanam.) 64 Equalized with Bengal and Madras pysa. 34 In Kota, Ajmeer, &c. a square coin. Muchheesahy, 46 Shershahy, 26 See Furukhabad. current in Oudh and 270 35-40 Chief currency of Allahabad and the Doab, formerly of Benares and Mirzapore. A very small coin. 34 378 330 34 80 Behadur sahy, coined and current in Nepal. 6 Marked Nugur 5221,' device, a rude elephant : 47 Old Lucknow, so called. 32? Of native fabrication. 64 Coined at Patna and Calcutta. 170? 274 36 109 220 173 255 254 260 150 120 ... See Balasahy. The Nugur' pysa, so called by the natives. 35? Also called Aulumshahy. 42? Tehree. 43 In Bundelkhund, equal to Jhansi. Telinga, or Southern India. Dutch, marked ISt. (one stiver.) The weights, unless otherwise stated, are taken from specimens collected, chiefly, at Benares. Symbols on Indian Coins. Table Of Symbols On Indian Coins. [See page 35.] 53 Before describing the Table of Symbols figured in Plate III. it will be convenient to direct the reader's attention to Plate II, which gives such samples of the modern coins of India as will enable him to recognize their principal varieties at sight. Those of Nipal, Assam, Kachar, and Lassa, are sufficiently distinct from the Nagaree, Bengalee, and Tibetan characters on them; the pagodas also of South India cannot be mistaken. The Nagaree coin of Kota may be classified from its lotus symbol, although it is otherwise difficult to decypher the inscription: but the great majority of coins, treated of in the foregoing account and tables, are similar to figures 2, 8, 9, 10, 11, and 12, which exhibit portions only of a Persian inscription generally of very imperfect execution. These can only be known by the signs or symbols of the various states inserted in some conspicuous part of the impression: thus, No. 11 is known to be of Indore, from the solar effigy. The following particulars of the coins in Plate II. will save the necessity of any further general remarks, in addition to those already made in page 35. Fig. 1. The 19th Sun Sicca Rupee, now coined at the Calcutta mint; bearing the Shah Aulum distich, explained in page 2 of the present notice. All the Company's silver and gold money of Bengal, up to the present day, is of the same style, containing the whole inscription, of which parts only are visible on most of the native coins. Fig. 2. The Old SALIM SAHY RUPEE, current in Malwa, and coined by the Raja of Pertabgurh. The words visible on the obverse are شاه عال حامی (intended for Shah Aulum hami ud-din, 8(c) and the Hejri date, 1199, (which however does not correspond with the year of reign on the reverse.) 29th year of the سنه جلوس ۲۹ میمنت مانوس The reverse has prosperous reign.) This is the earliest year of the coinage of these rupees; those of the 45th sun were in course of coinage in 1823*. They were issued to the troops at the exchange of 122-8 per 100 Furukhabadee rupees. Fig. 3. A Bujrunggurh Rupee, (near Kota Boondee,) known by the lotus symbol; coined by a petty zemindar; much debased ;—on the obverse in the Bhaka dialect श्रीराम चपरासी पवनपुत्र वलपायन, Sri 0m chaprdsi pavanp&tr balap&yan,—" All-powerful son of the air (HUNUMAN) servant of Rama!" on the reverse यसपर छापामें राजा जयसिंघ 2 gam Is par chhapd men r&jd Jay Singh ke 21 Jaynugur on this coin is imprinted the 21st (year) of Raja Jay Singh at Jynugur." The initial and final letters are imperfectly visible on the coin; the purport shews it to be struck at Jynugur, a village near Bujrunggurh. 66 Fig. 4. The Nipal Mohur or half rupee. On the obverse Sri Sri Sri Pertap Sinh Sah Deva, (titles of the Raja,) and on the reverse în¶ã¤ Sri Sri Sri Gorukhnath, the principal god, worshipped by the hill people, and whence their name of Goorkhas is derived; and in the centreдà¶û Sri Sri GuhySsvari, the omniscient goddess Debi. *The plate states it to be a Pertdbgurh rupee, as it was labelled in the Assay office cabinet; but on reference to Major Stacy, at Nuseerabad, it turns out to be as above. The inscription was read by a pundit at that place, who makes the last words Japsingh ke raj Jypoor men," but I consider the above more consistent with the specimen in my possession. |