72 E. Thurston — History of the Hast India Company Coinage. [No. 1, 
Benares. 
Ceded Provinces. 
In April, 1812, the Madras mint Committee recommended that, in 
conformity with the orders of the Court of 
directors, the coinage of half and quarter pago- 
das and of pie, two, and single fanams be discontinued, and that the 
coinage of rupees, half, quarter, and eighth rupees he commenced ; and 
that the half and quarter pagodas and five fanam pieces he re-coined 
into rupees as fast as possible, leaving the double and single fanams 
to remain in circulation until the fractions of the rupee were fully 
established. 
1813. In 1813 it was pointed out that, since the “ tirsoolee pisa ” 
was originally established as the copper cur- 
rency of Benares, no measures had been adop- 
ted to renew it, and the inscription had, by process of time, become 
more or less indistinct, and the shroffs had reduced the value of pice 
in which the trisul was defective by reducing it 11 per cent, in current 
value for no other reason than the defectiveness of the trisul.” 
By a Resolution dated 7tli August, 1813, the Governor-General, 
anticipating great convenience and advantage 
from the establishment of an uniform coinage 
throughout the ceded and conquered provinces, including the districts 
dependent on Delhi, resolved that the coinage to be carried on henceforth 
at the Delhi mint be confined to new Earrukhabad rupees of the weight 
and standard of the coin issued from the Earrukhabad mint, and bearing 
the same inscription. The Governor-General also expressed his opinion 
that there could be no objection to coining at the Delhi mint a limited 
number of rupees bearing the name and title of his present Majesty, 
Akbar Shall, these rupees being only intended to be presented to Elis 
Majesty on the anniversary of his accession for the purpose of being 
distributed as complimentary presents. 
In 1813 a Regulation for establishing a copper coinage in the 
Province of Benares was passed, among the 
clauses of which were the following : — 
I. A copper coin weighing 100 grains troy, and consisting of pure 
copper, shall be established in the province of Benares (the coin to be 
fabricated at the Benares mint) ; 
II. The form, size, and impression of the copper coin shall cor- 
respond with those prescribed by Sect. XII, Reg. II, 1803, for the 
Benares rupee, but the edges shall not be milled or have any mark or 
impression. 
In November, 1813, the Court of Directors expressed their opinion 
Bombay that, the coinage for the Bombay Presidency 
should bo executed in the Calcutta mint, and 
Benares. 
