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The Madras Presidency, or the Presidency of Fort St. George, and also known as Madras Province, was an administrative subdivision (presidency) of British India. At its greatest extent, the presidency included most of southern India, including the whole of the Indian states of Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh, and parts of Odisha, Kerala, Karnataka and the union territory of Lakshadweep. The city of Madras was the winter capital of the Presidency and Ootacamund or Ooty, the summer capital.
• Weight varies 20.81-21.30 grams
• Diameter varies 34.9-37.1 mm
• Can be found over-struck on large plugs made from Spanish or Spanish Colonial 8 Reales
Obverse
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Depicts a seven-tiered surrounded by stars and value in English and Persian on a buckled garter belt. HALFPAGODA نیم هون پهلوي |
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Reverse
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Depicts at the centre within circles of beads a figure of Vishnu surrounded by the denomination in Telugu and Tamil on a ribbon with its ends separated by a star. அறை பூ வரகண |
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