The Puddester Collection (Part I)

Gross Total: £1,584,195 (£1,964,402 including buyers' premium)
Number of lots: 905
Sell-through rate: 91.4%
Exchange rate of the GB pound: US $1.21 and €1.12

Principal Lots
Lot no.
314. EIC, Bombay Presidency, Half-Mohur, 1765, ex Leycester, Montagu, Murdoch and Brand, £95,000 (£117,800)
313. EIC, Bombay Presidency, Mohur, 1765, ex Ford and Wolfson Trust, £80,000 (£99,200)
316. EIC, Bombay Presidency, 15 Rupees, 1770, ex Duveen, Ford, Wolfson Trust and Brilliant, £80,000 (£99,200)
320. EIC, Bombay Presidency, Charles II, Anglina, 1672, ex Hyde, Montagu, Murdoch, Caldecott, Brand and Pridmore, £75,000 (£93,000)
324. EIC, Bombay Presidency, Charles II, Pattern Rupee, 1677, ex Allan, Roth and Brand, £75,000 (£93,000)
321. EIC, Bombay Presidency, Charles II, Anglina, 1674, ex Pridmore and Wheeler, £55,000 (£68,200)
325. EIC, Bombay Presidency, Charles II, Pattern Rupee, 1678, ex Hyde, Montagu, Murdoch, Hazlitt, Ford and Wolfson Trust, £50,000 (£62,000)
315. EIC, Bombay Presidency, Quarter-Mohur, 1765, ex Leycester, Montagu, Murdoch, Leslie Ellis, Brand and Brilliant, £48,000 (£59,520)
256. EIC, Madras Presidency, Northern Circars, ‘Alamgir II, Double Rupee, 1779, Machhlipatan, ex Wiggins, £36,000 (£44,640)
837. EIC, Bengal Presidency, Pattern Rupee, Calcutta, 1818, ex Brand and Pridmore, £36,000 (£44,640)
327. EIC, Bombay Presidency, Charles II, Rupee, 1678, £22,000 (£27,280)
108. EIC, Madras Presidency, Reformation 1807-18, specimen set, ex Pridmore and Wheeler, £20,000 (£24,800)
609. EIC, Bengal Presidency, Pattern Mohur, 1830, ex Murdoch and Brand, £19,000 (£23,560)
292. EIC, Madras Presidency, Northern Circars, 2 Dubs, 1807, ex Pridmore and Wheeler, £17,000 (£21,080)

Saleroom Notices
The following were amendments to the printed catalogue descriptions:
20. The second coin is 1769 (Prid. 50; Stevens 1.52), the third coin is 1789 (Prid. 58; Stevens 1.62)
243. The weight is 5.83g
304. The designer was Benjamin Roebuck
757. The second coin is of the Third Phase, AH 1229 [1813-14] (Prid. 286; Stevens 7.139)
803. Three specimens are now known, all from the same reverse die. This is not the Stevens plate coin, which is in the Lingen collection

Withdrawn Lots
The following lots were withdrawn before the auction:
74 and 264