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96 P[iece]s [per] Rupee East India coin

Object Status:

Unlocated

Accession Date:

March 9, 1814

Primary Source Reference:

Peale Museum Accessions Book, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, p. 72

Additional Source Text:

Included in "A list of Coins and Medals, which I have placed in a case under Glass"

Notes:

Pictured here is a 1797 copper 1/96 rupee coin of the East India Company.

Lt. Col. Aaron Levy (1771-1852), of New York, was a military officer, merchant, art collector, auctioneer, and real estate speculator.