Pagoda (coin)
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French East India Company-issued "Gold Pagoda" for Southern India trade, cast in Pondicherry 1705-1780.
Pagoda was a unit of currency, a coin made of gold or half gold minted by Indian dynasties as well as the British, the French and the Dutch. It was issued by various dynasties in medieval southern India, including the Kadambas of Hangal, the Kadambas of Goa, and the Vijaynagar Empire.[1] There were two types of pagodas coined by foreign traders. The most valuable was the Star pagoda, worth approximately 8 shillings, issued by the East India Company at Madras.[2] The second was the Porto Novo pagoda, issued by the Dutch at Tuticorin and also by the Nawabs of Arcot, and worth about 25% less than the Star pagoda.[3]
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References
- ↑ "Southern India Coins". Archived from the original on 2007-02-04. Retrieved 2007-03-20.
- ↑ "European East India Companies coins". Retrieved 2007-03-20.
- ↑ "glossary - pagoda". Retrieved 2007-03-20.
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