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The War of the Austrian Succession (1740-1748)
Ottomans, Safavids and Mughals
North American Colonies and Trade
Drachmas, Doubloons and Dollars: The History of Money
The Enlightenment: The 18th Century
The East India Trade Companies
The British East India Company (1600-1874), wealthy from a monopoly on Indian trade, eventually gained control of India. For local use, the Company struck coins imitating those of the late Mughal Emperors. The Dutch East India Company (1602-1798), founded to expand Dutch trading interests in the East Indies, produced both European-style coinage and local coins decorated with Arabic script.
Silver rupee (1759) of the British East India Company, Bombay Presidency, imitating coins of the Mughal Emperor, Muhammad Shah (1719-1748).
Tin pice of the British East India Company, Bombay Presidency (1717-1741).
Silver rupee (1823-1824) of the British East India Company, Bombay Presidency, imitating coins of the Mughal Emperor, Shah Alam (1759-1806).
Silver ducaton (1738) of the Dutch East India Company, produced in the Netherlands.
Gold 4 rupee piece (1766) of the Dutch East India Company produced in Batavia, Java.