One anna Coin issued by the East India Company in 1616

One anna Coin issued by the East India Company in 1616. The coin depicts a scene from the Hindu epic the Ramayana called the Sriramapattabhishekam, or the crowning of Sri Rama as King of Ayodhya.

An anna was a currency unit formerly used in british India and Pakistan, equal to ​1⁄16 of a rupee.It was subdivided into four (old) Paisa or twelve pies (thus there were 192 pies in a rupee). When the rupee was decimalised and subdivided into 100 (new) paise, one anna was therefore equivalent to 6.25 paise.

1835 East India Company quarter anna

1835 East India Company quarter anna

The English East India Company was granted a royal charter by Queen Elizabeth I which allowed trade monopoly with eastern countries including Sumatra, Java, and India. The territories governed by the East India Company were divided into three major administrative regions: Madras Presidency in the south, Bombay Presidency in the west, and Bengal Presidency in the east. Most of the north, however, for a long time continued to remain under the control of the Mughal emperor, and later, local rulers including the Marathas and Rajputs. Each of the three presidencies under East India Company governance issued their own coins until a unified coinage throughout all territories was introduced in 1835.Early presidency issues often imitated local issues and the Mughal design in order to gain wider acceptance by the native population.

1877  East India Company quarter anna

East India Company Half Anna