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1 Fanon Pondichery - Louis XV 1715-1774
| Issuer | French East India Company (Compagnie des Indes) |
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| Year | 1715-1774 |
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| Value | 1 Fanon (1/8) |
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| Reverse description | Five fleurs-de-lis arranged in a compact quincunx pattern occupy the field of this irregularly shaped hammered flan. The fleurs-de-lis are rendered in a bold, somewhat archaic style characteristic of French colonial issues struck in Pondicherry, with each motif displaying the distinctive tripartite head and flanking petals. The field is unadorned and carries no legend or border, consistent with the primitive striking technique employed for this denomination. |
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| Mint | Pondicherry Mint |
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The Fanon was minted specifically for the Compagnie des Indes' operations in Pondicherry, France's principal trading post on the Coromandel Coast, where it circulated alongside local South Indian currency systems rather than replacing them. French colonial monetary policy here was pragmatic rather than imperial — the Company needed a coin that local merchants would actually accept, which meant calibrating weight and fineness to meet Tamil trading conventions. The long reign date range reflects restrikes rather than continuous production; the Company's Pondicherry mint was intermittently active and subject to disruption, most severely during British occupation of the settlement in 1761.