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adopted at Calcutta and that on the reverse should he the value in 
English, Nagari, and Persian, enclosed in a wreath. “ The determina- 
tion of this point,” Mr. Prinsep said, “ is the more urgent as it is now 
in contemptation to issue a large copper coin to replace the tirsooleo 
pice.” 
1834. In April, 1834, the following recommendations were sub- 
General. mitted for the consideration of Government : — 
I- That there should be a common device 
for the coins of the three Presidencies ; 
II. That this should differ on the three metals, so as to fully dis- 
tinguish them from one another, and prevent fraud and imposition by 
gilding or silvering ; 
III. That the device should be pictorial and essentially English, 
as, among other reasons, the adoption of such a device would entitle the 
ovemment to claim from the Colonial Governments of the Crown 
a recognition of the coin of India as a national money entitled to cir- 
culate at its intrinsic value in all the possessions of the Crown. The 
rupee m its present form is not so considered beyond the limits of the 
Company’s authority. 
'^ la ^ ^ l0 mohar of Bengal should in future be equalised 
with that of Bombay and Madras ; 
V. That the coinage of the sikka rupee should be discontinued 
from the commencement of the new Charter, so as to prevent all confu- 
sion from the two coins being permitted to circulate together. 
A specimen coin, executed by a native named Kasinatli, was sub- 
mitted with the letter. The obverse bore a facsimile of the king’s head 
on le English Sovereign, and the legend Gulielmus, IIII. D. G 
ritaxn i arum, Rex. F. D., and the reverse a laurel wreath with One 
Rupee. 1834. m the centre, and the same in Persian, Bangali, and Nagari 
on the margin. This device, with the substitution of Mohue, was recom- 
mended for the gold coinage. Mr. Prinsep had already suggested that 
the copper coins should bear on the obverse the Company’s Arms 
and on the reverse a wreath with the designation of the coins in lieu of 
the word adil of Bombay or “ ek falus panch kas ast ” of Madras. 
*0 ^commendations of the Committee were referred to the Court of 
Directors. 
Various ^ designs for the new coinage by Mr. Prinseps were also 
submitted, viz : — 
X. Britannia from tlie English, penny ; 
^ Bon from an ancient Greek coin ; 
III. An elephant (from the Ceylon coin) • 
IV. A Ship; ' 
