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1 Pagoda Pondichery
| Issuer | Compagnie des Indes Orientales (French East India Company) |
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| Year | 1715-1774 |
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| Value | 1 Pagoda (3.5) |
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| Obverse description | A large stylized crown rendered in low relief, its arches decorated with pellets and fleurs-de-lis arranged symmetrically. The crown's base rests upon a row of pellets, with star-like ornaments filling the field around the crown. The design is executed in the crude hammered style typical of French colonial Indian coinage, with the motifs occupying the full flan. No legend or inscription is present. |
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| Reverse description | The field is strewn (semée) with five fleurs-de-lis arranged in a quincunx pattern, characteristic of the French royal heraldic tradition. The fleurs-de-lis are rendered in a stylized, somewhat abstracted form consistent with the hammered technique employed at the Pondicherry mint. Additional small pellets or ornamental devices fill the interstices of the field. The flan is irregular and slightly convex, with no encircling legend or inscription. |
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| Mintage | ND (1715-1774) |
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