2 Fanon Pondichery

The Compagnie des Indes held its concession over Pondichéry through a period of repeated military interruption — the British seized and razed the city in 1761, and French coinage authority there was effectively suspended until the territory was restored by the Treaty of Paris in 1763. Issues spanning this type's long date range therefore reflect not continuous production but a series of starts and stops tied directly to colonial occupation and diplomatic settlement.

The fanon was a regional unit of account adapted from local Tamil monetary custom, not imposed wholesale from Paris.