Madras  Presidency, Silver 1/2 Pagoda, 2nd Issue, 1808 AD, Edge: Oblique Milling, Obv: seven tiered gopuram of a temple with 9 stars each sides, a buckled garter encircling the central design, the value in English “HALF PAGODA”, Persian “neem hun pahuli”, Rev: the deity Vishnu holding swords in his left hand, rising a lotus flower, dotted and other symbols on each side, surrounded by three circles of beads, all this within a ribbon, the ends of which are separeted by star, the value around in Tamil “arai pu vara kun”, Telugu “ara pu vara hun” all within a beaded border, (Stevens # 3.127, KM # 353, PR # 172), graded & slabbed by NGC as MS61, Very Rare.