East India Company, Bengal Presidency, Calcutta Mint: post-1761 issues, Third gold coinage, gold Mohur in the name of ‘Shah ‘Alam II (1173-1221h/1759-1806), 1185h, yr 12 [April-July 1771], naming Murshidabad, sikka zad bar haft kishwar saya fazl ilah hami din muhammad shah alam badshah [defender of the religion of Muhammad, Shah ‘Alam emperor, shadow of the divine favour, put his stamp on the seven climes], rev. zarb murshidabad sanah 12 julus maimanat manus [struck at Murshidabad in the 12th year of his reign of tranquil prosperity], 12.37g/12h (Prid. 22 [Sale, lot 570]; Stevens 2.15; KM. 94.1; F 1528). Extremely fine and virtually as struck with mint bloom, an exceptional coin of the type and the first of the frozen year 12 issues [certified and graded NGC MS 63] £2,000-£2,600

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Puddester Collection.

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Spink Australia Auction (Sydney), 20 November 1980, lot 26
Sir John Wheeler Collection, Baldwin Auction 22 (London), 2 May 2000, lot 130, recté provenance as above.

Owner’s ticket and envelope, plus a further Spink envelope