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East India Company rupee

AD 1835　・　silver　・　19th century　・　British India

East India Company rupee（obverse）obverseEast India Company rupee（reverse）reverse
Петров Эдуард / CC0（Wikimedia Commons）

The silver rupee issued by the British East India Company. A witness to the age when a single trading company gathered taxes like a state and struck money. In time the queen's portrait would take its place.

Diameter 30mm