Information about producer: East India Company (modern)

East India Company (modern) (2010 - present)

The original East India Company (EIC) was an English and later British joint-stock company founded in 1600. It was formed to trade in the Indian Ocean region, initially with the East Indies (the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia), and later with Qing China. The company ended up seizing control of large parts of the Indian subcontinent, colonised parts of Southeast Asia and Hong Kong, and maintained trading posts and colonies in the Persian Gulf Residencies. It was dissolved in 1874 by the East India Stock Dividend Redemption Act 1873.

In the early 1980s, a group of Londoners revived the brand with the Queen's permission, focusing on tea and coffee businesses. They expanded the EIC’s brand in Europe, the USSR, and the US.

Sanjiv Mehta, a Mumbai-based entrepreneur, acquired the East India Company in 2005, and in 2010 officially re-launched it as a luxury brand, bearing the same name and using the original merchant mark as its logo, and once again trading in tea, coffees and fine foods.

The company issued a limited edition series of Gold Mohur medals featuring the iconic Lion and Palm Tree design, minted by The Royal Mint. Since 2012, the company mints coins in partnership with the Issuing Authority of St Helena and with the Royal Approval of Queen Elizabeth II. The connection with the island is that the original company had been awarded the right to fortify the Island of St Helena in 1657, and thereafter used it as a supply base.

When the first release of legal tender coins by the newly revived company was announced in 2012, the announcement stated that the coins were "commissioned" by the East India Company, and struck by the Royal Mint. Given that the company does not seem to own minting facilities, it probably outsources the actual production of its coins to the Royal Mint again, or to other mints. Without any further information on the topic though, and given that the products bear an EIC mint mark, we have to list EIC is having "minted" them.

Coin Types predominantly or exclusively minted by East India Company (modern) (28):
CountryCurrencyCoin TypeFromTo
Saint Helena Saint Helena Pound Gold Quarter Ounce (1/4 oz) 2013 present
Saint Helena Saint Helena Pound Silver Other Sizes 2018 present
Saint Helena Saint Helena Pound Five Sovereigns 2019 present
Saint Helena Saint Helena Pound Double Sovereign 2019 present
Saint Helena Saint Helena Pound Sovereign 2019 present
Saint Helena Saint Helena Pound Half Sovereign 2019 present
Saint Helena Saint Helena Pound Quarter Sovereign 2019 present
Saint Helena Saint Helena Pound Gold Five Ounces (5 oz) 2020 present
Saint Helena Saint Helena Pound Gold Two Ounces (2 oz) 2020 present
Saint Helena Saint Helena Pound Gold Ounce (1 oz) 2020 present
Saint Helena Saint Helena Pound Gold Half Gram (0.5 g) 2020 present
Saint Helena Saint Helena Pound Gold Other Sizes 2020 present
Saint Helena Saint Helena Pound Silver Ten Ounces (10 oz) 2020 present
Saint Helena Saint Helena Pound Silver Kilo (1 kg) 2020 present
Saint Helena Saint Helena Pound Silver Two Ounces (2 oz), Bullion 2020 present
Saint Helena Saint Helena Pound Silver Five Ounces (5 oz), Bullion 2020 present
Saint Helena Saint Helena Pound Silver Five Ounces (5 oz) 2020 present
Saint Helena Saint Helena Pound Silver Two Ounces (2 oz) 2020 present
Saint Helena Saint Helena Pound Silver Ounce (1 oz) 2020 present
Saint Helena Saint Helena Pound Silver Ounce (1 oz), Bullion 2020 present
Saint Helena Saint Helena Pound Silver Tenth-Ounce (1/10 oz) 2020 present
Saint Helena Saint Helena Pound Platinum Ounce (1 oz) 2021 present
Saint Helena Saint Helena Pound Platinum Third-Ounce (1/3 oz) 2021 present
Saint Helena Saint Helena Pound Platinum Tenth-Ounce (1/10 oz) 2021 present
Saint Helena Saint Helena Pound Gold Ounce (1 oz), Bullion 2021 present
Saint Helena Saint Helena Pound Silver Quarter Kilo (250 g) 2021 present
Saint Helena Saint Helena Pound Platinum Five Sovereigns 2024 present
Saint Helena Saint Helena Pound Platinum Sovereign 2024 present
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Coins produced by East India Company (modern) (383):
CountryYearNameMintage
United Kingdom 2012 Silver Kilo 2012 Queen's Diamond Jubilee unknown
Niue 2013 Gold Ounce 2013 Sachin Tendulkar 1,000
Niue 2013 Gold Two Hundred Grams 2013 Sachin Tendulkar 210
Niue 2013 Silver Half Ounce 2013 Sachin Tendulkar 5,000
Saint Helena 2013 One Guinea 2013 The East India Company 1,000
Saint Helena 2013 One Mohur 2013 2,500
Niue 2014 Gold Quarter Ounce 2014 Sachin Tendulkar 2,500
Niue 2014 Silver Forty Grams 2014 Vincent van Gogh 200
Saint Helena 2014 One Mohur 2014 unknown
Saint Helena 2015 One Guinea 2015 The East India Company 1,400
Saint Helena 2015 Half Guinea 2015 The East India Company 200
Saint Helena 2015 Quarter Guinea 2015 The East India Company 200
Saint Helena 2015 One Mohur 2015 unknown
Saint Helena 2016 One Mohur 2016 unknown
Saint Helena 2016 Silver Five Ounces 2016 Guinea Bicentenary unknown
Saint Helena 2017 Gold Quarter Ounce 2017 Empire - Queen Elizabeth I 500
Saint Helena 2017 Gold Quarter Ounce 2017 Empire - James I 500
Saint Helena 2017 Gold Quarter Ounce 2017 Empire - Charles II 500
Saint Helena 2017 Gold Quarter Ounce 2017 Empire - William III 500
Saint Helena 2017 Gold Quarter Ounce 2017 Empire - Queen Anne 500
Saint Helena 2017 Gold Quarter Ounce 2017 Empire - George II 500
Saint Helena 2017 Gold Quarter Ounce 2017 Empire - George III 500
Saint Helena 2017 Gold Quarter Ounce 2017 Empire - William IV 500
Saint Helena 2017 Gold Quarter Ounce 2017 Empire - Queen Victoria 500
Saint Helena 2017 One Mohur 2017 unknown
Saint Helena 2017 Silver Crown 2017 Testern 10,000
Niue 2018 Gold Ounce 2018 British Trade Dollar 200
Niue 2018 Gold Ounce 2018 US Trade Dollar 200
Niue 2018 Silver Ounce 2018 British Trade Dollar 2,500
Niue 2018 Silver Ounce 2018 US Trade Dollar 2,500
Saint Helena 2018 Gold Quarter Ounce 2018 Rose Crown Guinea unknown
Saint Helena 2018 Silver Ounce and Quarter 2018 Rose Crown Guinea unknown
Saint Helena 2018 Silver Ounce 2018 Spade Guinea unknown
Saint Helena 2018 Silver Ounce 2018 British Trade Dollar 10,000
Saint Helena 2018 Silver Ounce 2018 US Trade Dollar 10,000
Niue 2019 Gold Ounce 2019 Chinese Trade Dollar 288
Niue 2019 Gold Ounce 2019 Japanese Trade Dollar 200
Niue 2019 Silver Ounce 2019 Chinese Trade Dollar 1,888
Niue 2019 Silver Ounce 2019 Japanese Trade Dollar 1,500
Saint Helena 2019 Five Sovereigns 2019 Una and the Lion 400
Saint Helena 2019 Double Sovereign 2019 Gothic Crown 400
Saint Helena 2019 Sovereign 2019 Half Crown 2,519
Saint Helena 2019 Half Sovereign 2019 Saint George 700
Saint Helena 2019 Quarter Sovereign 2019 Seated Britannia 2,719
Saint Helena 2019 Gold Ounce 2019 Cash - Bengal Tiger 100
Saint Helena 2019 Silver Ounce 2019 Chinese Trade Dollar 5,000
Saint Helena 2019 Silver Ounce 2019 Empire - Queen Elizabeth I 1,000
Saint Helena 2019 Silver Ounce 2019 Empire - James I 1,000
Saint Helena 2019 Silver Ounce 2019 Spade Guinea unknown
Saint Helena 2019 Silver Ounce 2019 Cash - Bengal Tiger 3,000
Saint Helena 2019 Silver Ounce 2019 Empire - Charles II 1,000
Saint Helena 2019 Silver Ounce 2019 Empire - William III 1,000
Saint Helena 2019 Silver Ounce 2019 Empire - Queen Anne 1,000
Saint Helena 2019 Silver Ounce 2019 Empire - George II 1,000
Saint Helena 2019 Silver Ounce 2019 Empire - George III 1,000
Saint Helena 2019 Silver Ounce 2019 Empire - William IV 1,000
Saint Helena 2019 Silver Ounce 2019 Empire - Queen Victoria 1,000
Saint Helena 2019 Silver Ounce 2019 One Rupee unknown
Saint Helena 2019 Silver Ounce 2019 Rix Dollar unknown
Saint Helena 2019 Silver Ounce 2019 Nova Scotia Penny unknown
Saint Helena 2019 Silver Ounce 2019 Hog Money unknown
United Kingdom 2019 Queen Victoria Great Seals Bronze Medal unknown
Niue 2020 Gold Ounce 2020 French Trade Dollar 150
Niue 2020 Silver Ounce 2020 French Trade Dollar 1,500
Saint Helena 2020 Five Sovereigns 2020 Saint George 150
Saint Helena 2020 Double Sovereign 2020 Spanish Dollar 200
Saint Helena 2020 Sovereign 2020 Spade Guinea 2,420
Saint Helena 2020 Half Sovereign 2020 Half Crown 600
Saint Helena 2020 Quarter Sovereign 2020 Dorrien and Magens Shilling 2,720
Saint Helena 2020 Gold Ounce 2020 Cash - The Peacock 100
Saint Helena 2020 Gold Ounce 2020 Una and the Lion 200
Saint Helena 2020 Gold Quarter Ounce 2020 Una and the Lion 499
Saint Helena 2020 Gold Quarter Ounce 2020 Rose Crown Guinea unknown
Saint Helena 2020 Gold Quarter Ounce 2020 Sceptre Guinea unknown
Saint Helena 2020 Gold Half Gram 2020 Una and the Lion 3,000
Saint Helena 2020 One Mohur 2020 500
Saint Helena 2020 One Guinea 2020 Military 700
Saint Helena 2020 Half Guinea 2020 Spade 200
Saint Helena 2020 Quarter Guinea 2020 Rose Crown 200
Saint Helena 2020 Silver Ounce and Quarter 2020 Rose Crown Guinea unknown
Saint Helena 2020 Silver Ounce and Quarter 2020 Sceptre Guinea unknown
Saint Helena 2020 Silver Ounce 2020 Cash - The Peacock 3,000
Saint Helena 2020 Silver Ounce 2020 Una and the Lion, Bullion 5,000
Saint Helena 2020 Silver Ounce 2020 Una and the Lion, Proof 1,250
Saint Helena 2020 Silver Ounce 2020 Japanese Trade Dollar 5,000
Saint Helena 2020 Silver Ounce 2020 French Trade Dollar 5,000
Saint Helena 2020 Silver Tenth-Ounce 2020 Spade Guinea unknown
United Kingdom 2020 King George III Great Seals Bronze Medal unknown
Saint Helena 2021 Double Sovereign 2021 Tudor Rose 100
Saint Helena 2021 Sovereign 2021 Saint George 1,250
Saint Helena 2021 Half Sovereign 2021 Saint George 500
Saint Helena 2021 Quarter Sovereign 2021 Saint George 500
Saint Helena 2021 Platinum Ounce 2021 Queen's Virtues - Victory unknown
Saint Helena 2021 Platinum Third-Ounce 2021 Rose Crown Guinea unknown
Saint Helena 2021 Platinum Tenth-Ounce 2021 Queen's Virtues - Victory unknown
Saint Helena 2021 Gold Five Ounces 2021 Masterpiece - Una and the Lion 30
Saint Helena 2021 Gold Five Ounces 2021 The Three Graces 30
Saint Helena 2021 Gold Two Ounces 2021 Masterpiece - Una and the Lion 125
Saint Helena 2021 Gold Two Ounces 2021 The Three Graces 250
Saint Helena 2021 Gold Ounce 2021 Queen's Virtues - Victory, Bullion unknown
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From Year2010
CountryUnited Kingdom
LocationLondon
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Mint Marks used by: East India Company (modern)
E·I·C

On some coins, the East India Company has the letters E·I·C for mint mark.

EIC

Letters EIC, clockwise, separated by tall crosses.

EIC in heart

When the East India Company was chartered by Elizabeth I, Queen of England in 1600 it was still customary for each merchant or Company of Merchant Adventurers to have a distinguishing mark which included the mystical "Sign of Four" and served as a trademark. The East India Company's mark was made up from the initials EIC within a heart shape, crested with a 4. The letters are within a saltire (diagonal cross).

No mint mark

On some coins, The East India Company does not use a mint mark (usually because the full name of the company is part of the inscription).