Description
Obverse:
Coat of arms of the East India Company: 2 lions, St George’s cross on the crest and flags, motto on the ribbon “Auspicio Regis et Senatus Anglia”, date below
Script: Latin
Lettering:
EAST INDIA COMPANY
AUSPICIO REGIS & SENATUS ANGLIA
1808
Translation: By the authority of the King and Parliament of England
Engraver: John Phillp
Reverse:
The value in Persian: Bist kas chahar falus ast, Value in English below
All within a plain raised rim.
Scripts: Arabic, Latin
Lettering: XX.CASH.
Translation: Twenty cash make four falus
Plain
Mint
Soho Mint, Handsworth, England (1788-1850)
