The East India Company (EIC) (1600–1874) was an English, and later British, joint-stock company founded in 1600 and dissolved in 1874. It was formed to trade in the Indian Ocean region, initially with the East Indies (South Asia and Southeast Asia), and later with East Asia. The company gained control of large parts of the Indian subcontinent and Hong Kong. At its peak, the company was the largest corporation in the world by various measures and had its own armed forces in the form of the company’s three presidency armies, totalling about 260,000 soldiers, twice the size of the British Army at certain times.

Originally chartered as the “Governor and Company of Merchants of London Trading into the East-Indies,”the company rose to account for half of the world’s trade during the mid-1700s and early 1800s, particularly in basic commodities including cotton, silk, indigo dye, sugar, salt, spices, saltpetre, tea, and later, opium. The company also initiated the beginnings of the British Raj in the Indian subcontinent.

The company eventually came to rule large areas of the Indian subcontinent, exercising military power and assuming administrative functions. Company-ruled areas in the region gradually expanded after the Battle of Plassey in 1757 and by 1858 most of modern India, Pakistan and Bangladesh was either ruled by the company or princely states closely tied to it by treaty. Following the Sepoy Rebellion of 1857, the Government of India Act 1858 led to the British Crown assuming direct control of present-day Bangladesh, Pakistan and India in the form of the new British Indian Empire.

The company subsequently experienced recurring problems with its finances, despite frequent government intervention. The company was dissolved in 1874 under the terms of the East India Stock Dividend Redemption Act enacted one year earlier, as the Government of India Act had by then rendered it vestigial, powerless, and obsolete. The official government machinery of the British Empire had assumed its governmental functions and absorbed its armies.

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EIC ; Bombay Presidency ; INO Muhammad Akbar II ; Mint : Ahmedabad ( Full Mint ) ; Silver Rupee ; 1243 AH / RY 22

2,000.00 ESTI_1_1701/25

EIC ; Bombay Presidency ; INO Muhammad Akbar II ; Mint : Ahmedabad ; Set of 2 coins ; Scarce Silver Rupee & 1/2 Rupee

3,500.00 ESTI_1_1201/25

EIC ; Bombay Presidency ; INO Muhammad Akbar II ; Mint : Ahmedabad ( Full Mint ) ; Silver Rupee

2,500.00 ESTI_2_0701/25

EIC ; Bombay Presidency ; INO Muhammad Akbar II ; Mint : Ahmedabad ( Full Mint ) ; AH 123X ; Silver Rupee

2,500.00 ESTI_1_0701/25

East India Company ; Bengal Presidency ; Silver 1/4 Rupee, Muhammadabad Banaras Mint (1776-1812 issue), INO Shah Alam II, 17/48 RY, fish , mace ,

45,000.00 ESTI_1_2312/24

East India Company, Bengal Presidency, Silver rupee, Dar al-Sarur Saharanpur ( Full mint ) ; INO Shah Alam II, AH (1)217/RY 44,

25,000.00 ESTI24/24

East India Company – Bengal Presidency ; RARE Silver Rupee, Mint : Muhammadabad Banaras ,AH 1229, RY 17 and 49

4,600.00 ESTI9/24

East India Company – Madras Presidency Mint : Chinapatan , RARE Silver Rupee ; INO Shah Alam Bahadur, RY 2 ,

4,600.00 ESTI8/24

EIC, Bengal Presidency, INO Shah Alam II (AH 1174-1221), Silver 1/2 Rupee, Murshidabad Mint, RY 19, Oblique Milling, KM 97.1, Fine,

1,600.00 ESTI8/22

East India Company – Bengal Presidency ; RARE Silver Rupee, Mint : Muhammadabad Banaras ,AH 1229, RY 17 and 49

4,600.00 ESTI7/24

East India Company – Bengal Presidency Copper 1 Pie Sikka ; Mint : Saugor ; RY 7

1,500.00 ESTI6/22

EIC ; Bengal Presidency ; INO Shah Alam II ; 1229 AH / RY 49 ; Silver Rupee Mint : Muhammadabad ( at top ) and Banaras

1,800.00 ESTI23/24

Bombay Presidency ; Bhakkar ( Full Mint ) ; Silver Rupee, Floral type, Transitional Coinage in Sindh Province, In the name of Mahmud Shah Durrani

8,500.00 ESTI21/24

East India Company – Bengal Presidency Copper 1 Pie Sikka ; Mint : Saugor ;

1,800.00 ESTI2/20

East India Company, Madras Presidency, INO Muhammad Shah, Silver Rupee, Chinapatan Mint, RY 7, Star mint mark,

4,500.00 ESTI16/24

East India Company – Madras Presidency Mint : Chinapatan , RARE Silver Rupee ; INO Shah Alam Bahadur, RY 5 ,

4,500.00 ESTI16/23

East India Company, Madras Presidency, INO Muhammad Shah, Silver Rupee, Chinapatan Mint, RY 7, Star mint mark,

4,600.00 ESTI15/24

Bengal Presidency ; RARE Silver Rupee, Mint : Muhammadabad Banaras ,AH 1229, RY 17 and 49 Weight : 11.29 Grams

4,600.00 ESTI15/23

East India Company ; Madras Presidency ; INO Farrukhsiyar , Mint : Chinapatan; RARE Silver Rupee ; RY 2 Weight : 11.43 Grams , “Bahr-o-Barr” Couplet,

4,500.00 ESTI14/24

EAST INDIA COMPANY – BENGAL PRESIDENCY Dar ul- Sarur Saharanpur Mint, Silver Rupee,

4,500.00 ESTI13/23

EIC ; Bengal Presidency ; Shah Alam II ; Silver Rupee ; 1217 AH Mint : Muhammadabad Banaras ; RY 17 / 38

1,400.00 ESTI12/24

EIC ; Bengal Presidency ; Shah Alam II ; Silver Rupee ; 1226 AH Mint : Muhammadabad Banaras ; RY 17 / 49

1,400.00 ESTI10/24

East India Company – Bombay Presidency Mint : Broach ; Silver 1/2 Rupee,

1,600.00 ESTI1/24

Bengal Presidency : KM # 65 / Pr 336 Trisul Pice. Year: ND (1820-1824) ; Copper Pie Edge: Plain ; Mint: Farrukhabad.

1,600.00 ESTI1/23

East India Company ; Bombay Presidency (British India) ? Copper Anna (1?32) ; Weight : 15.06 g

Bengal Presidency ; Silver Rupee ; INO Shah Alam II ; RY 19 Mint : Murshidabad ( Full Mint )

Bengal Presidency ; Silver Rupee ; INO Shah Alam II ; RY 19 Mint : Murshidabad ( Full Mint )

Bengal Presidency ; INO Shah Alam II ; Silver Rupee Mint : Farrukhabad ; RY 45 ; Plain Edge Extremely Fine ;

Bengal Presidency ; Silver Rupee ; INO Shah Alam II ; RY 19 Mint : Murshidabad ( Full Mint )

Bengal Presidency, Azimabad Mint, Sliver Rupee, 4 RY, In the name Shah Alam II,

Bengal Presidency ; INO Shah Alam II ; Silver Rupee Mint : Farrukhabad ; RY 45 ; Plain Edge Extremely Fine ;

Bengal Presidency ; INO Shah Alam II ; Silver Rupee Mint : Farrukhabad ; RY 45 ; Plain Edge Extremely Fine ;

ESTI7/22

Bengal Presidency ; Silver Rupee ; INO Shah Alam II ; RY 19 Mint : Murshidabad ( Full Mint )

EIC ; Bengal Presidency ; INO Shah Alam II ; Large Flan Silver Rupee Mint : Mahmudabad Banaras ; 1229 AH ; RY 17 / 49

Bengal Presidency ; INO Shah Alam II ; Silver Rupee Mint : Farrukhabad ; RY 45 ; Plain Edge Extremely Fine ;

ESTI6/23

Bengal Presidency ; Silver Rupee ; INO Shah Alam II ; RY 19 Mint : Murshidabad ( Full Mint )

East India Company – Bengal Presidency ; RARE UNC Silver Rupee, Mint : Muhammadabad Banaras ,AH 1229, RY 17 and 49 Weight : 11.32 Grams , INO Shah Alam II

EIC ; Bengal Presidency ; Shah Alam II ; Silver Rupee Mint : Muhammadabad Banaras ; 1218 AH / RY 17 / 46

Bengal Presidency ; INO Shah Alam II ; Silver Rupee Mint : Farrukhabad ; RY 45 ; Plain Edge Extremely Fine ;

Bengal Presidency ; Silver Rupee; INO Shah Alam II; RY 45 Mint : Farrukhabad

ESTI5/22

Bengal Presidency ; Silver Rupee ; INO Shah Alam II ; RY 19 Mint : Murshidabad ( Full Mint )

East India Company – Madras Presidency Mint : Chinapatan ( FULL MINT ) , RARE Silver Rupee ; INO Farrukhsiyar , RY 5 , Weight : 11.27 Grams , Mint : Star mint mark (KM A302).

EIC ; Bengal Presidency ; Shah Alam II ; Silver Rupee Mint : Muhammadabad Banaras ; 1195 AH / RY 17 / 23

Bengal Presidency ; Silver Rupee; INO Shah Alam II; RY 45 Mint : Farrukhabad

ESTI4/23

EIC ; Bengal Presidency ; Shah Alam II ; Silver Rupee Mint : Muhammadabad Banaras ; 1221 AH / RY 17 / 49

Bengal Presidency ; Silver Rupee ; INO Shah Alam II ; RY 19 Mint : Murshidabad ( Full Mint )

EIC ; Bengal Presidency ; INO Shah Alam II ; Large Flan Silver Rupee Mint : Mahmudabad Banaras ;

East India Company – Bombay Presidency Silver Rupee, Weight : 11.02 Grams, Mint : Qita Bareli ;

Madras Presidency ; Rare Gold Pagoda ; BUNC ; 1808-1815 ; KM #356 ;

EIC ; Bengal Presidency ; Shah Alam II ; Silver Rupee Mint : Muhammadabad Banaras ;

EAST INDIA COMPANY – MADRAS PRESIDENCY ( Set of 5 coins )

Bengal Presidency ; Silver Rupee ; INO Shah Alam II ; RY 19 Mint : Murshidabad ( Full Mint )

East India Company – Bengal Presidency ; RARE UNC Silver Rupee, Mint : Muhammadabad Banaras ,AH 1229, RY 17 and 49

East India Company – Bombay Presidency Silver Rupee, Weight : 11.02 Grams, Mint : Qita Bareli ; INO Shah Alam II, AH 1219/37,

East India Company – Bombay Presidency Muhiabad urf Poona Mint, Silver Rupee, Note : Transitional issue of the EIC, in the name of Shah Ali Gohar, Nag Phani type, with Fasli Date 1237 in Nagari (EIC Presidency Series 6.133).

East India Company – Madras Presidency Issued in the name of Alamgir II ; 1/16 Rupee Mint : Arakat ; 1172 AH / RY 6

Bengal Presidency ; Farrukhabad Mint ; Silver Rupee INO Shah Alam II ; RY 45

Bengal Presidency ; Farrukhabad Mint ; Silver Rupee INO Shah Alam II ; RY 45

Bengal Presidency ; Farrukhabad Mint ; Silver Rupee INO Shah Alam II ; RY 45

East India Company – Bengal Presidency Farrukhabad Mint, Silver Rupee

ESTI23/20

East India Company, Bengal Presidency, INO Alamgir II (AH 1167-1173, 1755-1761 AD), Silver Rupee, Exceedingly Rare Kalkata / Kalkattah / Calcutta Mint

ESTI22/24

East India Company – Bengal Presidency ; Silver Rupee,

East India Company – Bengal Presidency Copper 1 Pie Sikka ; Mint : Saugor ;

East India Company – Bengal Presidency ; RARE Silver Rupee, Mint : Muhammadabad Banaras ,AH 1229, RY 17 and 49 Weight : 11.34 Grams , INO Shah Alam II, ,

East India Company – Bengal Presidency Copper, 1 Pie Sikka, RY 37, in the name of Shah Alam II, tri-lingual issue, machine struck

Bombay Presidency ; Bhakkar Mint, Silver Rupee, Floral type, Transitional Coinage in Sindh Province, In the name of Mahmud Shah Durrani,

East India Company – Bengal Presidency Copper 1 Pie Sikka ; Mint : Saugor

East India Company – Bengal Presidency Murshidabad Mint, struck at Patna Mint, Silver Rupee,

Madras Presidency ; British India – (1639-1817) Gold 2 Pagodas ( Double Pagoda ) ;

EIC ; Bengal Presidency ; Shah Alam II ; Silver Rupee Mint : Muhammadabad Banaras ; RY 17 / 49 Note : Complete Banaras written below on reverse .

EAST INDIA COMPANY – MADRAS PRESIDENCY ( Set of 5 coins )

Bengal Presidency, Azimabad Mint, Sliver Rupee, 7 RY, In the name Shah Alam II,

East India Company – Bombay Presidency ; Exceedingly Rare Silver Rupee ; James II (c. 1688-1689 AD) Struck at Mumbai in the fourth regnal year, Weight : 11.54 Grams

East India Company – Bombay Presidency ; (KM 160) **INO **Shah Jahan II ( Rafi Ud Daula ) ; Mint : Mumbai

East India Company – Bengal Presidency ; RARE Silver Rupee, Mint : Muhammadabad Banaras ,AH 1229, RY 17 and 49

Bombay Presidency ; Silver Rupee ; Issued in the name of Mughal Emperor Shah Alam II, Bombay Mint (although named as Surat) 1215 AH / RY 46 ;

ESTI18/24

East India Company ; Madras Presidency : Aurangzeb Alamgir ; Rare Silver Rupee Mint : Chinapatan ( Chinapatan ) ; RY 51

East India Company ; Bombay Presidency ; Silver Rupee ; Issued in the name of Mughal Emperor Shah Alam II, Bombay Mint (although named as Surat) ;

EIC, Bengal Presidency, INO Shah Alam II (AH 1174-1221), Extremely fine Silver 1/2 Rupee, Murshidabad Mint, RY 19, KM 97.1

East India Company – Bengal Presidency ; RARE Silver Rupee, Mint : Muhammadabad Banaras ,AH 1229, RY 17 and 49

East India Company ; Madras Presidency, Mint Madras, Mint name Arkat, Silver Rupee, AH 1172 / 6 RY, In the name of Alamgir II,

East India Company – Bengal Presidency ; RARE Silver Rupee, Mint : Muhammadabad Banaras ,AH 1229, RY 17 and 49

East India Company – Bombay Presidency Muhiabad urf Poona Mint, Silver Rupee,

East India Company – Bengal Presidency ; RARE Silver Rupee, Mint : Muhammadabad Banaras ,AH 1229, RY 17 and 49

EIC ; Bengal Presidency ; Shah Alam II ; Silver Rupee Set ( 2 ) Mint : Muhammadabad Banaras ;

East India Company – Bengal Presidency ( Set ) Prinseps Coinage, Copper Anna,

East India Company – Bombay Presidency Mint : Broach ; Silver ? Rupee,

EIC ; Bengal Presidency ; Shah Alam II ; Silver Rupee ; 1203 AH Mint : Muhammadabad Banaras ; RY 17 / 31

Bengal Presidency ; Silver Rupee Mint : Muhammadabad Banaras

EAST INDIA COMPANY – BENGAL PRESIDENCY ** Dar ul- Sarur Saharanpur Mint, Silver Rupee,

East India Company- Madras Presidency 1/16 Rupee – Alamgir II

East India Company – Bombay Presidency INO Shah Jahan II ; Rafi-ud-Daula Mint : Mumbai ; Rare Silver Rupee,

Bengal Presidency, Gold Mohar ; Mint : Murshidabad ; INO Shah Alam II,

EIC ; Bengal Presidency ; Shah Alam II ; Silver Rupee Mint : Muhammadabad Banaras ; 120X AH / RY 17 / 27

East India Company – Bengal Presidency Daral Khilafa Shahjahanabad Mint,

East India Company – Bengal Presidency ; RARE Silver Rupee, Mint : Muhammadabad Banaras ,AH 1229, RY 17 and 49

East India Company – Bengal Presidency ; RARE Silver Rupee, Mint : Muhammadabad Banaras ,AH 1229, RY 17 and 49

East India Company – Madras Presidency ; Mint : Chinapatan , Silver Rupee INO Aurangzeb Alamgir , RY21

East India Company – Bombay Presidency INO Shah Jahan II ; Mint : Mumbai

East India Company – Bengal Presidency ; RARE Silver Rupee, Mint : Muhammadabad Banaras ,AH 1229, RY 17 and 49