East India Company, Bombay Presidency, Later coinages: Local minting, copper 2 Pice (2), 1826, balemark, rev. scales, adil [Justice] between pans, 21.24g/5h (Prid. 158 [not in Sale]; Stevens 3.52; KM. 200); 1829, similar, 21.00g/10h (Prid. 160 [Sale, lot 483]; Stevens 3.55; KM. 199); together with a contemporary imitation of a 2 Pice, 1825, with retrograde 2 in date and e and i transposed in balemark, 19.91g/7h (Prid. – [Sale, lot 483]; Stevens –; KM. –) [3]. Generally fine, second with metal faults on obverse, first very rare, only one specimen in Snartt survey (British Museum, presented by the Government of Madras in 1905) £90-£120

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

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First bt Format (Birmingham, UK) July 1986
Third P. Snartt (Bristol, UK) Collection; SNC (London) May 1980 (3822), ticket.

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