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Issued under the Madras Presidency in India from 1740 to 1807.
Listed in the Proclamation of 1800 at a value of eight shillings.
The Proclamation of 1800 was Australia’s first official currency system.
Struck from gold – measures approximately 10mm in diameter.
The obverse features the god Vishnu, standing, with star above.
A genuine artefact of early modern Australia – click add to cart!
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India Madras Presidency 1740-1807 Gold Pagoda Extremely Fine
$1,250.00 AUD
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Struck in India during the 18th and 19th centuries, and of utmost importance to the economy of early colonial Australia, we are delighted to present the Madras Presidency 1740-1807 Gold Pagoda!
India, once the ‘Jewel in the Crown’ of the British Empire, has played a longstanding role in Australian history – and in the rich history of Australian numismatics. Well before the mints of Bombay and Calcutta assisted Australian coin production in times of emergency – during WWI and WWII – the actual currency of India was crucial to the economic survival of the infant colony of New South Wales, as Australia was once known.
One of the most significant gold coins to circulate during the years after settlement in 1788 was India’s Gold Pagoda. Minted by several Indian dynasties, as well as by the British and the Dutch during the 18th and 19th centuries, the Gold Pagoda was the principal gold coin of southern India. Given the trade links between British India and New South Wales, and India’s key role in supplying provisions, livestock and more, it’s not surprising that the Gold Pagoda emerged as a key coin in the currency-starved colony.
Indeed, such was the importance of the Gold Pagoda, this intriguing Indian coin was listed in Governor Philip Gidley King’s Currency Proclamation of 1800 – Australia’s first official currency system. Included at a value of 8 shillings, or just under half a sovereign, the Gold Pagoda is considered one of Australia’s first coins, and forms one of the key building blocks of the study of numismatics in Australia.
A genuine artefact of early colonial Australia, this is your chance to own a Gold Pagoda is superbly preserved Extremely Fine condition! Click add to cart now!
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India Madras Presidency 1740-1807 Gold Pagoda Extremely Fine
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Struck in India during the 18th and 19th centuries, and of utmost importance to the economy of early colonial Australia, we are delighted to present the Madras Presidency 1740-1807 Gold Pagoda!
India, once the ‘Jewel in the Crown’ of the British Empire, has played a longstanding role in Australian history – and in the rich history of Australian numismatics. Well before the mints of Bombay and Calcutta assisted Australian coin production in times of emergency – during WWI and WWII – the actual currency of India was crucial to the economic survival of the infant colony of New South Wales, as Australia was once known.
One of the most significant gold coins to circulate during the years after settlement in 1788 was India’s Gold Pagoda. Minted by several Indian dynasties, as well as by the British and the Dutch during the 18th and 19th centuries, the Gold Pagoda was the principal gold coin of southern India. Given the trade links between British India and New South Wales, and India’s key role in supplying provisions, livestock and more, it’s not surprising that the Gold Pagoda emerged as a key coin in the currency-starved colony.
Indeed, such was the importance of the Gold Pagoda, this intriguing Indian coin was listed in Governor Philip Gidley King’s Currency Proclamation of 1800 – Australia’s first official currency system. Included at a value of 8 shillings, or just under half a sovereign, the Gold Pagoda is considered one of Australia’s first coins, and forms one of the key building blocks of the study of numismatics in Australia.
A genuine artefact of early colonial Australia, this is your chance to own a Gold Pagoda is superbly preserved Extremely Fine condition! Click add to cart now!
