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Bareli mint, Conquered & Ceded province AD 1802 - 1806
- This coin is listed in the South Asian Catalog (Indian edition - Krause publications) as an East India Company issue under the princely state of Awadh. KM 52.1 is an issue by India princely state Awadh, the East India Company conquered the territory and subsequent issues KM 52.2 & KM 52.3 were British India issues
- The letter 'Wa' on East India Company issued coins, was reputedly the initial of the surname of the new settlement officer for Bareli, Henry Wellesley. The earlier issue with the letter 'He' (KM 52.2), may have been a less majestic initial of his personal name.
- There are two types based on the Persian letter in the 'Seen ' of julus - (see image for location of letter). KM 52.2 with letter 'He' and the coin on this sheet letter 'Waw' KM 52.3