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1 Cash - Victoria Trial Strike
| Issuer | Royal Mint |
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| Year | 1863 |
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| Composition | Copper |
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| Obverse lettering | HONG-KONG .18 63. VR ONE CASH (Translation: Victoria Queen) |
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| Reverse script | Chinese |
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| Additional information |
In 1863 the Royal Mint produced trial pieces for a proposed British Indian cash coinage, exploring whether London could supply low-denomination copper currency for Indian bazaar trade. The project never advanced to circulation — the existing network of local princely and presidency mints, along with established indigenous coinage, made a centrally struck cash impractical to introduce at scale.
Two pattern references survive under KM#Pn67 and Pn68, suggesting at least minor die or specification variation between pieces.