31/03/2019

13-03-2019- ANCIENT INDIAN COINS- Dutch India


ഇന്നത്തെ പഠനം
അവതരണം
Augustine Stephen D'souza
വിഷയം
ANCIENT INDIAN COINS
ലക്കം
08

Mughal Empire

Nagapatinam or "Porto Novo" Pagoda 

Dutch East India Company  - VOC (Vereenigde Oostidische Compagine or United East India Company) was established in 1602, often considered the first multinational corporation  in the world, the first to issue stock and possessed quasi - governmental powers to wage war,  imprison and execute convicts and establish colonies. 
This company paid a dividend of 18% for two centuries to its shareholders. Weighed down by corruption in the late 18th century,  the company went bankrupt and was dissolved in 1800 AD. 

The Dutch took Nagapatinam from the Portuguese in 1658 which served as their capital in southeast India from 1690 until it was conquered by the British in 1784.

Specifics of the coin shown below 

Metal  - Gold 
Weight  - 3.39 gms 
Diameter  - 11 mm 
Struck during 1747 - 1781 AD 
Obverse  - Vishnu standing facing 
Reverse  - grains and convex



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