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1 Pagoda Yanaon
| Issuer | French East India Company (Compagnie des Indes) |
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| Year | 1715-1774 |
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| Weight | 3.4 g |
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| Reverse description | Uniformly granular field covering the entire reverse surface, characteristic of South Indian pagoda coinage of the period. A single crescent or arched device appears in low relief at the center of the finely granulated field, serving as the sole design element. The reverse is otherwise entirely plain save for the distinctive pebbly texture produced during the hammering process. No legends or inscriptions are present. |
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| Mintage | ND (1715-1774) - Pondichery mint |
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Yanaon — a tiny French enclave on the Godavari delta — was one of the least strategically significant of France's Indian possessions, yet the Compagnie des Indes maintained a mint there precisely because the pagoda was the dominant trade currency of the surrounding Deccan and Coromandel markets. Refusing to issue it would have meant conducting commerce entirely on others' terms. The issue spans nearly six decades, through the company's 1769 reorganization under royal control and its final dissolution in 1774.