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1893.] E. Thurston — History of the Hast India Company Coinage. 
V. A British senator, between a Hindu and Mahommedan, pre- 
senting the charter ; 
VI. An emblematical figure of Justice and Plenty ; 
VII. Typical figures of Britannia and India ; 
VIII. The Pipal tree ( Ficus Indica) from the seal of the Royal 
Asiatic Society of London. 
1835. Early in 1835 engravings were prepared of the head of the 
king with the simple legend WILLIAM, 1III. 
General. KING, instead of the titles in Latin, and an 
impression in pure gold of the King’s head with the lion as the reverse 
(proposed as a double mohur) was submitted. 
In April, 1835, the Calcutta Mint Committee was informed that 
the rupee having on one side the inscription EAST INDIA COMPANY, 
with the nominal value of the coin in English, Persian, and Nagari, and 
the representation of a lotus flower and myrtle wreath had been approv- 
ed by the Governor General as the model for the future coinage of the 
rupee. The Committee were requested to communicate with the 
Madras, Bombay, and Sagar mints with the view of effecting a change 
in the rupee currency throughout British India with all convenient 
expedition. In a subsequent letter, however, it was resolved that on 
the obverse of the new silver coinage the title of the king should be 
simply WILLIAM, IIII. KING, and that on the reverse should be 
eno-raved the denomination of value in English and Persian only. 
In June, 1835, it was resolved by the Governor General to abolish 
the Madras mint in conformity to the orders 
Madras. 0 f the Court of Directors, and the Madras 
Government was desired to forward to Calcutta or Bombay such parts 
of the mint machinery as, if publicly sold, might be employed m 
fabricating coins. c , 
In September of the same year, it was resolved that the bagar 
mint should bo abolished, as it was no longer 
Sa S ar ‘ considered necessary for supplying coin of the 
new legal currency with reference to the capability of the Calcutta and 
Bombay mints for the whole coinage of India. . 
In October the Calcutta Mint Committee submitted specimens of a 
device which they thought suitable for the 
Bengal. copper coinage of Bengal, i. e., on the obverse 
the Company’s Arms as on the pice of Bombay and Madras, and on the 
. . . , . f ru „ co in in English and P ersian enclosed m 
reverse the denomination of the com m 0 • • corres _ 
