French India

Colonial India, French Pondichery

1720 - 1835 CE

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Display Boxes Backordered: estimated to ship on October 1 $5.00 pre-order discount applied (regular price $34.99)

  • Ships around October 1. Display Boxes are backordered. Orders over $75 ship free!
  • Your purchase will match the quality of the items shown.

Item Description:

PLEASE READ: Our shipment of small display boxes has been delayed. Small display boxes are currently out of stock and are expected to arrive around October 1st.

You can still pre-order items that include a small display box. These items will not ship until the display boxes arrive.

Pre-orders receive $5 off each delayed item.

In-stock items in the same order will ship immediately as usual.

These copper coins come from colonial India under French control, and were minted between 1720 and 1835 in Pondichéry (or Pondicherry). The obverse depicts a fleur-de-lis, a symbol of French heraldry, and the reverse includes Tamil script. Its denomination was one doudou.

Pondicherry was a trading center established by the French East India Company in 1674, which went on to become the capitol of French India. Despite being captured by both British and Dutch forces in the 17th and 18th centuries, the French maintained control of Pondicherry even after India gained its independence from the British Empire in 1947. France finally relinquished control of the area in 1962.

Each includes a Certificate of Authenticity.


Your order will include:

  • The historical item(s) shown above
  • Glass top leatherette display box
  • Information card and Certificate of Authenticity

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