Live auction - fwo_486639 - FRENCH INDIA Fanon de Mahé ou cinquième de roupie 1771 Pondichéry

FRENCH INDIA Fanon de Mahé ou cinquième de roupie 1771 Pondichéry AU

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Estimate :	100 €
Price :	80 €
Maximum bid :	111 €
End of the sale :	31 July 2018 19:06:58
bidders :	3 bidders

Type : Fanon de Mahé ou cinquième de roupie

Date: 1771

Mint name / Town : Pondichéry

Quantity minted : -

Metal : silver

Diameter : 15 mm

Orientation dies : 3 h.

Weight : 2,26 g.

Edge : lisse

Catalogue references :

KM18/67

Obverse

Obverse legend : INSCRIPTION.

Obverse translation : (Compagnie de France).

Reverse

Reverse legend : INSCRIPTION.

Reverse translation : (Pondichéry, P/ année).

Commentary

Le monnayage français du comptoir de Mahé qui fut frappé à Pondichéry comprend plusieurs dénominations : quart, demi et biche de Mahé en cuivre et des fanons d'argent. Le fanon de Mahé était plus lourd que celui de Pondichéry. Il fallait cinq fanons pour faire une roupie à Mahé contre six à Pondichéry..
The French coinage from the Mahé trading post, which was struck in Pondicherry, included several denominations: quarter, half, and Mahé doe coins made of copper, and silver baleen. The Mahé baleen coin was heavier than that of Pondicherry. It took five baleen coins to make one rupee in Mahé, compared to six in Pondicherry.