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)