ENGLISH INDIES - Lot 525

ENGLISH INDIES SHEWPUJAN ROY INDRA private banking coinage SHEWPUJAN ROY INDRA SANROY. Five-pointed star in the center of a poly-lobed circle. Garland around the edge. R/. STAR BRAND / FINE GOLD. In the center 1 WEIGHT TOLA face value within a poly-lobed circle between TOUCH / 9950. Garland around circumference. Smooth edge. ♦ Fr 1612 Undated gold Tola (circa 1940-1950 and ss). (11,67 g / 995°/°°) Superb. The tola or tolah or tole. The word tola comes from the Sanskrit "tol" meaning "to weigh". It is the traditional unit of mass in ancient India and South Asia, standardized as 180 troy grains (11.6638038 g) or 3/8 of a troy ounce. It was the basic unit in the English weight system introduced in 1833. Shewpujan Roy Indra San Roy was a goldsmith and jeweler based in Calcutta, India, active in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.