The Puddester Collection (Part I)

East India Company, Madras Presidency, Northern Circars: European style coinages, Soho, copper Proof mule Dub or Forty-Eighth Rupee, 1794, arms and supporters, united east india compan[y] on scroll, auspicio regis et senatus angliæ [By the authority of the King and Parliament of England] around, 48 to one rupee, lion’s heads full-face as on the 1797 coins, rev. balemark, united east india company around, edge english . united . east india . company, 13.94g/6h (Prid. 314 [Sale, lot 432]; Stevens 5.172; KM. 395). Virtually as struck, extremely rare [certified and graded NGC PF 65 BN] £1,500-£2,000

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

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Bt P.H. Davis (Tampa, FL) May 1979.

Owner’s ticket.

Literature:
Illustrated in Paul Stevens, The Coins of the English East India Company, Presidency Series: A Catalogue and Pricelist, p.543