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2 Pice
| Issuer | East India Company (Bombay Presidency) |
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| Year | 1717-1771 |
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| Reference(s) | KM#157 |
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| Obverse lettering | GR BOMB (Translation: GR (Georgius Rex - for King George I) Bombay) |
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| Edge | Plain |
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| Additional information |
The Bombay Presidency's tin coinage occupied an awkward position in local commerce — the metal was cheap, the coins heavy, and their acceptance was never guaranteed outside Company-controlled markets. Tin corrodes aggressively in humid coastal conditions, which is precisely the climate of Bombay, and survivors in any meaningful state of preservation are genuinely scarce as a result.