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1 Rupee French India
| Issuer | French India |
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| Year | 2021 |
| Type | Fantasy coin |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The dark steel centre displays the numeral 1 prominently at top, below which the denomination is inscribed in multiple languages including French (UNE ROUPIE) and English (ONE RUPEE), with additional script legends in Tamil and Telugu visible on decorative bands bordering the steel centre. The letter P, serving as a mint or comptoir mark, appears at the top of the copper outer ring. The legend COMPTOIR DE PONDICHÉRY and the date 2021 are inscribed along the lower arc of the copper outer ring. |
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French India — the scattered colonial territories of Pondicherry, Karikal, Mahé, Yanam, and Chandernagore — ceased to exist as a French possession by 1954, with the last territory formally ceded to India in 1962. A bimetallic rupee dated 2021 bearing that issuer name is not a product of any historical monetary authority; it is almost certainly a modern fantasy or novelty piece with no connection to actual French Indian coinage, which ended decades before bimetallic technology entered mainstream minting.