The Puddester Collection (Part I)

East India Company, Bengal Presidency, Pulta Mint: Prinsep’s coinage, copper Pattern Madosie or Half-Anna in the name of ‘Shah ‘Alam II (1173-1221h/1759-1806), 1195h, yr 22 [December 1780-April 1781], unsigned, shah alam badshah 1195 [Shah ‘Alam emperor 1195], rev. sanah 22 julus [in the 22nd year of his reign], small stars below, high beaded rims, edge plain, 27mm, 14.20g/6h (Prid. – [Sale, lot 675]; Stevens 3.7, this coin illustrated; Stevens website image 1521c, this coin; Wodak, SNC 1958, p.62, this coin illustrated; KM. –). Spots of verdigris on reverse conserved, otherwise good extremely fine and partially toned, an exceptional rarity £2,000-£2,600

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

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Collection

E. Wodak (Melbourne) Collection
C.E. Pitchfork Collection, Part III, Noble Numismatics Auction 48 (Melbourne), 11-13 July 1995, lot 2135 [acquired c. 1970-1]
With Spink (London) 1997, ticket
D. Fore Collection, Part II, Baldwin Auction 82 (London), 31 May 2013, lot 886.

Owner’s ticket and envelope.

Literature:
Illustrated in Erich Wodak, ‘John Prinsep’s copper coins for Bengal’, SNC March 1958, p.62
Illustrated in Paul Stevens, The Coins of the Bengal Presidency, p.133
Illustrated in Paul Stevens, The Coins of the English East India Company, Presidency Series: A Catalogue and Pricelist, p.32.

Only one other noted on the market in recent years (Roberts-Lewis collection, lot 169)