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2 Pagodas
| Issuer | East India Company (Madras Presidency) |
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| Year | 1808 |
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| Value | 2 Pagodas |
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| Obverse description | Central field features the stylized figure of Vishnu (the pagoda deity) standing facing, adorned with attributes including a crown and flanking crescent symbols, set within a dotted inner circle against a granulated background. Surrounding the central device are scattered crescent and dot ornaments. The outer legend is rendered in Telugu and Persian scripts, with a five-pointed star at the apex, all enclosed within a beaded border. |
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| Obverse script | Telugu/Persian |
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| Reverse description | A multi-tiered pagoda tower rises from a stylized rocky or elephantine base at center, surrounded by eighteen five-pointed stars arranged in a semicircular arc across the upper and lateral fields. The circular legend reads TWO PAGODAS in Latin script along the upper arc, with additional characters in Persian script to the right, all enclosed within a beaded border. |
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