The Puddester Collection (Part I)

East India Company, Bombay Presidency, Later coinages: Moghul style, gold Rupee or Fifteenth-Mohur, Bombay [but naming Surat], 1801-2 issue, in the name of Shah ‘Alam II (1173-1221h/1759-1806), frozen regnal year 46, sikka mubarak badshah ghazi shah alam [The auspicious coin of the victorious emperor Shah Alam], privy mark 2 incorporating inverted crescent, rev. zarb surat sanah 46 julus maimanat manus [Struck at Surat in the 46th year of tranquil prosperity], 0.74g/3h (Prid. 259 [not in Sale]; Stevens 3.13; Stevens website image 865, this coin; KM. 236; F 1558). Light scratches on reverse, otherwise good very fine with a clear privy mark, exceptionally rare; no other specimens offered at auction in over 40 years £1,500-£2,000

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

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Stephen Album (Santa Rosa, CA) FPL 22, May 1981 (164) [illustrated as 165]
‘Stiller’ Collection, Baldwin Auction 47 (London), 25 September 2006, lot 857, envelope.

Owner’s ticket and envelope.

It is possible that this coin was once part of the J.B. Caldecott Collection, Sotheby Auction (London), 11-13 June 1912, lot 64 (part), but this cannot now be proven