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Relation between a Spanish real and uknown coin

I found these coins at the same location in India, can anybody tell me the relation ship between the Spanish real and this unknown coin? Is this unknown coin from India?

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  • BoosibriBoosibri Posts: 12,103 ✭✭✭✭✭

    The Spanish real was the currency of the world in the 1600-1800's. At any point of trade you would have seen Spanish reales as common medium of exchange.

  • SapyxSapyx Posts: 2,204 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Spanish-American "cob" coins were traded all over the world, as bullion. India was no exception. As an example, when the governor of New South Wales wished to acquire a large quantity of Spanish dollars to facilitate trade in the colony, his overlords sent 40,000 coins on a sloop... from Madras, rather than direct from Spanish America.

    As for the other coin, yes, it appears to be a Mughal-period silver rupee.

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