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East India Company coin value: what genuine Company coins really sell for
No Company coin has been money since 1858, so one is worth what a collector pays for that type in that condition. The copper coins are common and sell for a few hundred rupees; the silver ones are the dear ones.
The Company’s last coins were struck in 1858, so every coin on this page is well past a hundred years old:
What the coins sold for, one by one
| Coin | Completed sales | Middle price | Middle half sold between |
|---|---|---|---|
| Quarter Anna coin · East India Company · 1830s | 9 | ₹248 | ₹160–₹800 |
| Pie coin · East India Company · 1830s | 4 | ₹368 | ₹356–₹394 |
| Half Pice coin · East India Company · 1850s | 3 | ₹1,358 | ₹776–₹1,800 |
One coin type per row, in one decade where the seller gave a year, over at least 3 sales; under 4 the last column is the lowest and the highest, and where the sales sit more than five times apart no middle price is given.
How to tell an East India Company coin
- From 1835, one coinage. The Coinage Act of 1835 gave the Company’s territories one uniform coinage. The silver rupee, half rupee and quarter rupee carry the head of William IV, and from 1840 that of Queen Victoria; the silver two annas was added in 1841, with hers. The copper coins — 1/12 anna, quarter anna and half anna, and from 1853 the half pice — carry the Company’s coat of arms. Both say “EAST INDIA COMPANY”.
- The name ends with the Company’s rule. The Crown took over the government of India in 1858, and the coins dated from 1862 say “INDIA” instead. A coin without the Company’s name on it is not one of these, whatever its date.
- The date may not be the year it was made. Company dies kept their date for years: rupees dated 1835 and 1840 went on being struck long after. The date names the type, and a common date is common because it was used so long.
- Before 1835 the Company’s three presidencies — Bengal, Bombay and Madras — struck its coins themselves, many in the Mughal style with Persian legends. Where the seller named the Company, those sales are counted here too: a Bombay quarter anna of 1833, for example, sits in the 1830s quarter anna row beside the 1835 coin. A row with no decade holds coins the seller gave no year for.
- The “1818 Hanuman” piece is not one of them. A piece reading EAST INDIA COMPANY with Hanuman or the Ram Darbar is a modern token. The 1818 East India Company “Hanuman” coin — real or fake? →
Why Company coins look so dear online
Genuine East India Company coins are listed at lakhs every day, and a listing is only what the seller hopes for. Every figure on this page is a completed sale instead. Why asked is not sold →
Related pages
Prices: completed sales of genuine east india company coins recorded at independent coin shops, read up to 2026-10-21. Asking prices are never mixed in, and no sale is counted twice. A coin is counted here only when the seller named the ruler; coins dated to the reign by year alone are left out, so these figures undercount rather than guess.
Asked to pay a fee for an East India Company coin?
Every genuine Company coin is over 100 years old, so the fee asked for is usually an “export”, “customs” or “clearance” one. A real buyer never asks the seller for money.
How the scam works