An early East India Company paisa coin, minted in Bombay in 1672
Source: ebay, Mar. 2006
Another example of these earliest British Indian "copperoon" coins, from 1678
Source: ebay, Mar. 2006
"Rare! Large paise ("copperoon") from Bombay, British issue, 1678. Left: MONETA BOMBAYE ANGLICI REGIMS ANDO / Right: East India Company''s coat of arms (with three ships) within a dotted border. These are the very first coins ever minted by the British in India. They are large copper paise (or "copperoon", as the British called them)."
A silver 15-rupee coin from the Bombay mint, 1770
Source: ebay, June 2007
A Bombay-minted half-anna coin from 1794: the left side promises "justice" ('adl)
Source: ebay, May 2007
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