Presidencies of India
Madras Presidency
Silver 1/4 Pagoda
Silver Quarter Pagoda Coin of Madras Presidency.
Madras Presidency, Silver 1/4 Pagoda, 2nd Issue, 1808 AD, Obv: seven tiered gopuram of a temple, standing on stony ground, between nine stars on each side, all this surrounded by a buckled garter, on the garter is the value in English QUARTER PAGODA and Persian, all within a beaded border, Rev: figure of Vishnu usually holding a sword in his left hand and rising from a lotus flower, dotted and other symbols on each side, all surrounded by two circle of beads, all this within a ribbon, the ribbon is the value in Tamil and Telugu, 10.2g, 26.43mm, (Stevens # 3.198), about very fine, Rare.