The East India Company was founded in London in 1600 and grew into a trading company with its own army that ruled much of India. In 1803 and 1808 it had copper coins for its Madras Presidency struck by Matthew Boulton’s steam-powered Soho Mint in Birmingham, then the most advanced mint in the world. The motto means ‘By the command of the King and Parliament of England’.
Castings, Coins
KM-969 1808 East India Company Madras 10 Cash
$11.00
Gold overlay casting pendant. Obverse: the arms of the East India Company supported by two rampant lions, motto AUSPICIO REGIS ET SENATUS ANGLIAE on a ribbon, legend EAST INDIA COMPANY and date 1808. Reverse: X CASH with the value written in Persian script. Inscriptions explained: AUSPICIO REGIS ET SENATUS ANGLIAE is Latin for ‘By the authority of the King and Parliament of England’. X CASH means 10 cash, a small Indian copper unit; the Persian script on the reverse gives the same value.
