The Puddester Collection (Part I)

East India Company, Madras Presidency, Early coinages, copper Dudu or 10 Cash, first issue, 1748, Fort St David, balemark incorporating cce, rev. date between wavy lines, 8.44g/12h (Prid. 41 [Sale, lot 354]; Stevens 5.4; KM. 291). Good fine and very rare; the only specimen recorded by Snartt, three depicted on the Stevens website £60-£80

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

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F. Pridmore Collection, Part II, Glendining Auction (London), 18-19 October, 1982, lot 354 (part), ticket.

Owner’s ticket.

Struck during the French occupation of Madras