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1 Cash
| Issuer | Nawab of Carnatic |
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| Year | 1690-1801 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Central device depicting a Shiva Linga (lingam) in raised relief, rendered in a schematic style characteristic of South Indian copper cash coinage. The lingam rises vertically from a yoni base, with a serpent coiled around its shaft, all set within a plain, irregular flan field typical of primitively cast issues of the Carnatic nawabdom. |
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| Reverse script | Telugu |
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The Nawabs of Carnatic occupied an increasingly fictitious sovereignty through the eighteenth century — formally Mughal governors, practically dependent on the British, and eventually stripped of all real authority by 1801 when the East India Company absorbed the state outright following the death of Nawab Umdat ul-Umara. These small copper cash pieces circulated through that entire deterioration, serving local bazaar trade in a region where European trading companies, Maratha raiders, and Mysorean armies had each at various points disrupted the monetary supply. The long date range reflects continuity of type rather than consistent production.