20 Cash
Features
| Issuer |
Madras Presidency
(British India)  |
|---|---|
| Type | Non-circulating coins |
| Years | 1803-1808 |
| Value | 20 Cash (1⁄168) |
| Currency | Pagoda (1639-1817) |
| Composition | Gold plated copper |
| Weight | 12.95 g |
| Diameter | 30.7 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Orientation | Coin alignment ↑↓ |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 25911 |
| References | KM# 321b Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). |
Obverse
Coat of arms of the East India Company: 2 lions, St George's cross on the crest and flags, motto on the ribbon "Auspicio Regis et Senatus Anglia", date below
Lettering:
EAST INDIA COMPANY
AUSPICIO REGIS & SENATUS ANGLIAE
1803
Translation: By the authority of the King and Parliament of England
Reverse
The value in Persian: Bist kas chahar falus ast, Value in English below
All within a plain raised rim.
Lettering: XX. CASH.
Translation: Twenty cash make four falus
Edge
Plain
Mint
Soho Mint, Handsworth, England (1788-1850)Comments
- Pridmore# 192
- This is a copper coin gilded in gold.
- Parallel to the rupee, the Madras Presidency also used the fanam.
80 cash = 1 fanam
12 fanam = 1 rupee
42 fanam = 1 gold Pagoda = 3.5 rupees
- This is a copper coin gilded in gold.
- Parallel to the rupee, the Madras Presidency also used the fanam.
80 cash = 1 fanam
12 fanam = 1 rupee
42 fanam = 1 gold Pagoda = 3.5 rupees
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | Frequency | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| 1803 | Proof, Soho mint | 85% | |||||||||||||
| 1808 | Proof, Soho mint | 15% | |||||||||||||
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