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Lucky Angel
Nov 16 , 2022
Luck. A stroke of luck. A lucky streak. Good luck. Down on your luck. Unlucky. Bad luck. You can have the luck of the Irish. The luck of the devil....
Our Mint Mark
Nov 16 , 2022
The East India Company was formally created in 1600 with a royal charter granted by Queen Elizabeth I. Before long a ‘Merchant’s Mark’ was created ...
The Faerie Queene
Oct 25 , 2022
The East India Company Collection’s new Faerie Queene coin series sees this epic medieval tale of honour, chivalry, love and virtue reimagined by o...
Una & The Lion
Jun 13 , 2022
The East India Company Collections celebrated ‘Una & the Lion’ silver and gold coin collection features designs by one of the world’s great coi...
Tea Breaks & Tea Ladies
Jun 08 , 2022
In the early years of the 1600s, The East India Company was run out of the private residence. When East India House was opened as the new Headquart...
A Short Story about EIC
Jun 08 , 2022
3.5 billion. That’s the number of pages returned today for a Google search of The East India Company. It’s also approximately the number of people ...
Still dunking after all these years
Jun 07 , 2022
There has always been a good reason to dunk a biscuit. The Romans dunked their bis-coctum [twice-baked] biscuits in wine to make them edible. Later...
The First Curry
Jun 07 , 2022
The East India Company pioneers in India loved nothing more than enjoying a local curry with chutney. These ‘ordinary’ foods in India became exotic...
