The Puddester Collection (Part I)

East India Company, Bombay Presidency, Early coinages: English design, copper Double-Pice in the name of George II (1727-60), GR type, 1735, crown dividing g r, bomb below, rev. [av]spici[o r]egis et [s]enatus angliæ [Under the patronage of the King and Parliament of England] in four lines, floral ornament above, 17.89g/6h (Prid. 102 [not in Sale]; Stevens 2.102; Stevens website image 737, first coin; KM. 166). Fine and with a full date, exceptionally rare, only three specimens in the Snartt survey, all in the British Museum, and only one other with a full date on the Stevens website £400-£500

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

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Baldwin Auction 35 (London), 13-15 October 2003, lot 1722
P.J.E. Stevens Collection, Part IV, Stephen Album Auction 26 (Santa Rosa, CA), 15-17 September 2016, lot 2060, ticket.

Two owner’s tickets