Coins In Lucknow Mus. Vol 01 [56 MB - IndianCoins.org

with33French General Lally and invested Pondicherry, which capitulatedin 1761. !In the year 1760 George III came to the throne. Many of 1760.the coins struck during his long reign (1760-1820) are stillmet with in large numbers in the bazaars, but the following copperand lead coins are worthy of special reference on account oftheir scarceness :1.Copper Double and Single Pice.Obverse: The English crown,.G.R. above, and BOMBaiid the date below.Reverse : The Bale Mark of the Company, (pi. xv, 1).2. Copper half Pice. Of the same type as No. 1.3. Bombay Pice.Obverse : The Bale Mark of the Company.Reverse: 1 PICE BOMBAY, and the date (1773 and 1777).(pi. xv, 3).4. Copper half Pice.Obverse : The Bale Mark of the Company.Reverse :| (pi. xix, 9).5. Lead double Pice.Obverse : The English crown, with O.K. above, and BOMBbelow.Reverse : The motto AVSPICIO REGIS EX SENATVS ANGLIC, andthe date.6. Lead Pice. Of the same type as No. 5.7. Lead half Pico.Obverse : The Bale Mark of the Company.Reverse :$ PICE. (pi. xix, 10).8. Lead quarter Pice. Of the same type as No. 7, but withthe value j.9. Copper quarter Pice.Obverse: C.G. 1813.Reierse : PI CE.(pi. xx, 3).10. Copper. Two Annas.Obverse :Reverse : Value of the coin in Persian.PATNA POST TWO ANNAS and the date.11. Copper. One Anna.Same as No. 10, except the value ONE ANNA.(pi. xx, 8).1Notes on Pondicherry from Yule and Burnell, op." cit.Pondicherry. This name of what is now the chief French settlement inIndia, is Pudu-ch'clieri, 'New Town,' more correctly Pudu-vai, C.P.Brown however says it is Pudi-cheru, New ' Tank." The natives sometimeswrite it Phulcheri."1780. " An English officer of rank, General Coote, who was unequalled amonghis compeers in ability and experience in war, and who had frequently foughtwith the French of Phoolcheri in the Karnatik, and had as often gained thevictory over them "H. ob. Hyder Naik, 413.B