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| Emittent | East India Company - Bombay Presidency |
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| Jahr | 1692-1695 |
| Typ | Standard circulation coin |
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| Aversschrift | Arabic |
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| Reversbeschreibung | The reverse displays a two-line Persian legend in Naskh script within the field, reading 'Julus 6 Sikka Angrez Kampani zarb Munbai' (In their 6th regnal year, Coin of the English Company, struck at Bombay). The inscription is arranged in two registers separated by a central horizontal line in the Mughal tradition, with the regnal year numeral '٦' prominently incorporated. Decorative star or floral ornaments are present in the field, and the overall die style closely follows contemporary Mughal coinage conventions adapted for East India Company use at Bombay. |
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| Zusätzliche Informationen |
The Bombay Presidency rupee of the early 1690s was struck under a royal charter that had granted the East India Company the right to coin money — a privilege jealously guarded and periodically contested by the Crown. William and Mary had jointly assumed the throne following the Glorious Revolution of 1688, and their dual title appears on this coinage as a direct reflection of that constitutional novelty: Mary held hereditary right; William ruled by parliamentary consent. No previous English monarch had shared sovereignty in quite that way, and it shows up even here, on silver struck on the Malabar coast for trade purposes.
The Bombay mint at this period operated with considerable autonomy, and output was irregular. Prid lists only a handful of die combinations for this type.