Madras Presidency (1808-1817), Madras Mint, Gold 2 Pagodas, 1808, Edge: Oblique Milling, Obv: seven-tiered gopuram of a temple, standing on stony ground, between nine stars on each side, all this surrounded by a buckled garter, on the garter is the value in English TWO PAGODAS and in Persian do hun, Rev: figure of Vishnu holding a sword in his left hand and rising from a lotus flower, dotted and other symbols on each side, all surrounded by three circles of beads, all this within a ribbon, the ends separated by a star, on the ribbon is the value in Tamil 2 vara kun & Telugu 2 vara hun, (KM # 358/Unlisted features for the type in Stevens), graded & slabbed by NGC as AU 58, Exceedingly Rare.