East India Company Urdu - Persian Script Machine Minted Indian Silver Rupee

East India Company introduced  Steam Machine Minted Coins in India. This coin is in Urdu - Persian Script . Initially East India Company had designed coins from  the traditional Mughal type designs.

Soho Mint had minted coins for East India Company using Boulton And Watt Steam Engine run machines , even before they started making coins for British Government .

Before 1835 standardization ( common coinage ) Bombay , Madras and Bengal Presidencies produced separate coins.

 (Tags Indian Silver Coins Rupee  - Numismatics )