Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
2 Puttuns
| Issuer | Cochin, Kingdom of |
|---|---|
| Year | 1795-1850 |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | 2 Puttuns (1⁄21) |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Weight | Log in to see details |
| Diameter | Log in to see details |
| Thickness | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Technique | Log in to see details |
| Orientation | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Central field occupied by two stylised conch-shell devices rendered in high relief, arranged side by side in the upper portion of the flan, with the initials 'O C' incorporated between them. Below the conch motifs, a horizontal bar or anvil-like element is struck in bold relief, beneath which appears a compact arrangement of twelve raised globules disposed in a roughly rectangular cluster, a characteristic motif of Cochin coinage. The flan is irregular and slightly convex, typical of hammered silver production of the period. |
|---|---|
| Obverse script | Log in to see details |
| Obverse lettering | O C |
| Reverse description | Log in to see details |
| Reverse script | Log in to see details |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Edge | Log in to see details |
| Mint | Log in to see details |
| Mintage | Log in to see details |
| Additional information |
Cochin was among the smallest of the South Indian princely states operating under East India Company suzerainty, and its coinage reflects that peripheral status. The puttun denomination itself was a purely local unit, unconnected to the Company's expanding rupee system, which is precisely why it survived as long as it did — Cochin's internal bazaar economy had little reason to conform.
KM#2 spans a notably long production window for so minor an issue, suggesting intermittent striking to meet local demand rather than any centralized minting schedule.