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10 Cash
| Issuer | East India Company (Madras Presidency) |
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| Year | 1807 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse description | Central field divided by a horizontal rule, with a Telugu inscription in the upper register and a Tamil inscription in the lower register, both stating the denomination of ten cash in their respective scripts. The legends are boldly engraved in raised relief. A toothed or denticulated border encircles the periphery of the reverse, a characteristic feature of Madras Presidency copper coinage of this period. The overall design is strictly typographic, with no figurative or symbolic devices present. |
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| Mintage | ND (1807) - Madras mint - 2,127,922 |
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The Madras Presidency's cash coinage existed within a genuinely chaotic monetary environment — the region circulated at least half a dozen indigenous copper denominations simultaneously, and the Company's repeated attempts to rationalize the system through the early nineteenth century met consistent resistance from bazaar traders who distrusted unfamiliar coin sizes. The 1807 issue falls squarely in that transitional period, before the Company's consolidation efforts gained real traction.
KM#326 is frequently encountered with considerable porosity, a consequence of the substandard copper alloys available to the Madras mint at the time.