The Uniform Coinage of India, East India Company, Victoria, copper Quarter-Annas (3), 1857, type A/I, by R. Heaton & Sons (Birmingham), arms and supporters, ausp : reg : & sen : ang : on riband, date above in line with ribbon, rev. one quarter anna, yek pai within wreath with single leaf tips at top, east india company around, edge plain, 6.61g/6h (Prid. 151 [Sale, lot 48]; SW 3.74; KM. 463.1; cf. Fore III, 2167); 1858 [1859-62] (2), both type A/II, by R. Heaton & Sons (Birmingham), similar, but wreath with double leaf tips, edges plain, 6.52g/6h, 6.47g/6h (Prid. 154 [Sale, lot 48]; SW 3.80; KM. 463.2) [3]. First good very fine, others extremely fine and better, second with diffused original colour
£70-£90

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

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Sir John Wheeler Collection, Baldwin Auction 22 (London), 2 May 2000, lot 232 (part), first recte Prid. 151, second recté Prid. 154.

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