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English: British India, Two mohurs (also Double Mohur) (1835), depicting King William IV.
Date (coin), 2010 (image)
Source National Numismatic Collection, National Museum of American History
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East India Company and Calcutta Mint (coin); National Numismatic Collection (image)

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