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1858. The charter of the Company was renewed for the last time in1853, only, however, for so long as Parliament should ordain, andthe number of Directors was reduced, and their patronage asregards appointments to the Civil Service was taken away, so as tomake way for the principle of open competition. Five years later,on the 1st November 1858, at a durbar held at Allahabad, theroyal proclamation was sent forth, which announced that QueenVictoria had assumed the Government of India, and so the careerof the East India Company terminated after an existence of morethan two-and-a-half centuries.1862. So much of Act XVII, 1835, as provided that only the silvercoins therein mentioned shall be coined, &c., and that they shall74bear the words EAST INDIA COMPANY ;also Act XXXI, 1837 ;ActXXII, 1844 ;and Act XI, 1854, except as to coin already issued,were repealed by Act No. XIII of 1862, by which it was enactedas follows :I. From the firstday of November 1862, so much of the 1stand 2nd sections of Act XVII of 1835 (relating to gold and silvercoinage'), as provides that only the silver coins therein mentionedshall be coined at the mints within the territories of the EastIndia Company, and that such coins shall bear on the reverse thewords EAST INDIA COMPANY; also Act XXXI of 1837 (relating tocoinage}, Act XXI of 1838 (relating to the silver com), Act XX IIof 1844, and Act XI of 1854 (relating to the copper coin}, shall berepealed, except as to any Act already done, or coin already coinedor issued under the same.II. From the firstday of November 1 862, except as providedby Act XVI of 1847 (for establishing a copper currency in theSettlements of Penan g, Singapore and Malacca), in respect of cents,half cents and quarter cents, no silver or copper coins, exceptthose mentioned below, shall be coined at the mints in BritishIndia :SilverCoins.A rupee to be called the Government rupee.A half rupee.A quarter rupee or four-anna piece.An eighth of a rupee or two-anna piece.Copper Coins.A double pice or half anna.A pice or quarter anna.A pie, being one-third of a pice, or one-twelfth of an anna.III. The rupee so coined shall be of the same weight andstandard as those provided for the Company's rupee by the saidAct XVII of 1835, that is to say, the weight shall be 180 grainstroy, and the standard as follows :T-jth or 165 grains of pure silver.T'^th or 15 grains of alloy.The other silver coins shall be of proportionate weight and ofthe same standard.
75IV. The copper coins so coined shall be of the weight prescribedfor coins of the same denominations respectively by ActsXXI of 1835 and XI of 1854, that is to say :The double pice shall . . . .weigh 200 grs. troy.The pice 100The half pice 50The pie33JV. Until the Governor- General in Council shall otherwiseorder under the power hereinafter reserved, the silver and coppercoins so coined shall bear on the obverse the likeness and thename of Queen Victoria and the inscription VICTORIA QUEEN,and on the reverse the designation of the coins in English, filledby the word INDIA, with such date and embellishments on eachcoins as the Governor- General in Council shall from time to timedirect.
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GOVEENMENT CENTEAL MUSEUM,MADRAS.CO
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Pag*PREFACE . . . . . . , . . . . .
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INTRODUCTION. 13The silver coins st
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INTRODUCTION. 15His silver coinage
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TABLE OF THE MYSORE RAJAHS. 17TABLE
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ItANTEROY FANAM. 19GOLD :PRIOR TO M
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TIPPOO SULTAN :COPPER COINS.33COPPE
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SUPPLEMENT.NOTE BY MARSDEN ON THE A
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SUPPLEMENT. 55it becomes necessary
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58 INDEX OF MLN !>Mint.
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60 INDEX OF MINTS.Mint.
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62 INDEX OF PLATES.PLATE III.K"ame
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64 INDEX OF PLATES.PLATE VII.Name o
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66 INDEX OF PLATES,PLATE XI.Name of
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PREFACE.IN the preparation of the p
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13weigh 2 dwt. 4^ grs.M. Tavernier'
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15form that Moor in his Hindu Panth
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17rupees, pices, and budgrooks, l a
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19The following types of Anglo-Indi
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