The Puddester Collection (Part I)

East India Company, Madras Presidency, Reformation 1807-18, silver Half-Pagoda, second issue, type F/X, nine-tiered Gopuram of a temple flanked by 9 stars either side, surrounded by ribbon inscribed half pagoda ·, nim hun phuli [Half a star pagoda], small letters, no stop, buckle unshaded, top of Gopuram points to o of pagoda, rev. Vishnu holding sword, rising from a lotus flower, surrounded by three concentric circles of pellets, no pellet below, flanked by 16 pellets on left and 14 pellets on right, legend in Tamil and Telugu, arai pu vara kun ara pu vara hun [Half a star pagoda], no stop, first letter of Telugu legend inverted, 21.38g/12h (Prid. 171 [Sale, lot 373]; Stevens 3.114, this coin cited; Dav. 247; KM. 354). Traces of Spanish-American 8 Réales undertype visible, extremely fine, dark grey tone, exceptionally rare; perhaps the only known specimen of this die-pairing [certified and graded NGC MS 61] £1,800-£2,200

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

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H.M. Lingford (Bishop Auckland, UK) Collection [from Baldwin November 1946], ticket
Bt Baldwin (London) August 1986, two tickets.

Two owner’s tickets