54 Notes on Indian Currencies. [no. 1, new series, 



ment at 2s. 3 T WV^> though at the mint price of silver in Eng- 

 land it should only have been 1*. 11 T 4 0 -^od. 



In 1835, the East India Company's coinage underwent its final 

 adjustment to the state that it remains in at the pre- 



1835 AD 



sent day. It was ordained that the undermentioned 

 coins only should be coined at the Mints within the territories of 

 the East India Company. 



The Co.'s Rupee weighing 180 grains. / \{ standard, or 165 grains 

 The \ do. | pure silver and 15 grains 



& the I do. ' alloy. 



Impression on one side, the head and name of the Sovereign of 

 Great Britain, on the reverse, the name of the coin in English and 

 Persian, and of the East India Company. 



The Company's Rupee, ^ Rupee and double Rupee to be legal 

 tender, if not deficient more than 2 per cent, in weight, and if not 

 clipped or filed or defaced otherwise than by use. 



The Company's Rupee to be equivalent to the Bombay, Madras, 

 Ferruckabad, and Sonat Rupees, and to }f of Calcutta Sicca Rupee ; 

 Company's \ Rupee to be legal tender only in payment of the frac- 

 tion of a Rupee. 



The undermentioned gold coins only to be coined at the mints : 

 A gold mohur or 15 Rupee piece, 180 grains weight and \\ fine. 



A \ do. or 5 do. do. 

 A | do. or 10 do. do. 

 A double do. or 30 do. do. 

 Gold coin not to be legal tender. 



By a proclamation issued in 1841 gold was allowed to be re- 

 ceived at the public treasuries in payment of taxes, and was 

 so received very frequently till 1852, when in consequence of the 

 discovery of gold in Australia the proclamation was cancelled, and 

 gold is now only received into treasuries as deposits for security. 



To compare the Company's Rupee with an English Shilling. 



The Co.'s Rupee is 180 grs. in weight of which 165 are pure silver. 



