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1/2 Pie Pattern
| Issuer | East India Company |
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| Year | 1809 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The reverse presents a multilingual inscription identifying the denomination in three scripts, reflecting the polyglot nature of Company coinage intended for circulation across the Indian subcontinent. The central field carries a Persian legend reading nīm pāī sikka (half pice coin) in Nastaliq script. Flanking legends in Bengali and Hindi — Ād pāī sikka and Ādha pāī sikkā respectively — provide vernacular equivalents of the denomination. The overall design is restrained and epigraphic in character, consistent with pattern coinage produced for the Bengal Presidency circa 1809. |
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| Reverse lettering | نیم پائی سکہ (Translation: half pice coin) |
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