Extremely fine, Extremely rare.

In middle 18th century, the Marathas launched a series of campaigns to exact tributes in the "Carnatic" region. The money that flowed back into Maharashtra as a result of these consisted mainly of Arcot rupees. As such the Arcot rupee became a very popular currency in Maharashtra. Many mints struck copies with same design sometimes suitably modifying it. A series of Arcot rupees with Trisul symbol is known from Maharashtra with mint name "Arcot". These coins are sometimes identified as "Danish" because of a debatable reference by Uno Berger Janssen. The coin offered here is a direct successor of these coins but the mint name here clearly ends in "- Ganw" (Gaon). The find spots of all these "Trisul" marked rupees broadly overlap with territories held by the Patwardhan sardars who played a crucial role in the "Carnatic" campaigns. It is plausible that they were instrumental in the Advent and spread of the "Arcot" rupee and its derivatives in the Deccan. Tasgaon was a major Patwardhan jagir town and it is plausible that this rupee was struck there.