British India Coins from the Robert and Norma Puddester Collection

8 October 2002

Lot No 1550

India, Cash (4), all 1796-8 issue (Prid. 105 [2], 105-7 [2]); 20 Cash, 1808, Cash, 1803 (Prid. 197, 212); Rupees (2), both 1812-17 issue (Prid. 251 but edge CGL, 252); 1817-35 Madras Rupee, Half-Rupee (Prid. 258-9); 1823-5 Calcutta Rupee (Prid. 263); 1830-5 Calcutta Rupee (Prid. 268); 4 and 2 Pice, both 1825, Pice,...

8 October 2002

Lot No 1551

Rupee, Chinapatan, in the name of Alamgir I, year 41 [1697-8], 11.53g (Prid. 114; KM. 300.25). Al...

8 October 2002

Lot No 1552

Rupee, Chinapatan, in the name of Alamgir I, year 50 [1706-7], 11.44g (Prid. –; KM. 300.25); Rupee, Chinapatan, in the name of Shah Alam Bahadur, AH 1119, year 1 [1707-8], 11.00g (Prid. 119; KM. 347.7) [2]. About very fine and better (£40-60)

8 October 2002

Lot No 1553

Rupee, Chinapatan, in the name of Shah Alam I, AH 1121, year 3 [1709-10], 11.53g (Prid. 121; KM. 347.7); Rupee, Arcot, in the name of Alamgir II, year 6 [1759], 11.52g (Prid. 140; KM. 384) [2]. About very fine and better, first rare (£60-80)

8 October 2002

Lot No 1554

Proof 10 Cash, 1803, bronzed, light issue, edge plain, 4.73g/6h (Prid. –). Brilliant and as struc...

8 October 2002

Lot No 1555

Half-Rupee, Mumbai, in the name of Shah Jahan II, AH 1131, year 1 [1717], 5.76g (Prid. 33; KM. 15...

8 October 2002

Lot No 1556

Rupees (2), Mumbai, in the name of Muhammad Shah, AH 1138, year 8 [1726-7], 11.46g, AH 1147, year 17, 11.53g, Fifth-Rupee, uncertain date, 2.31g (Prid. 41, 48, cf. 60; KM. 163, 271); Rupee, Mumbai, in the name of Alamgir II, AH 1173, year 5 [1758-9], 11.52g (Prid. 70; KM. 176) [4]. Very fine and better, first two o...

8 October 2002

Lot No 1557

Pice or Copperoons (2), both year 9 [1674], second with no punctuation in date, 13.84g, 13.69g (Prid. 81, 82) [2]. First fair, second better than fine, both with clear dates (£60-80)

8 October 2002

Lot No 1558

Double Pice, 1773, transposed lettering in balemark reading iec, 9.86g; Pice, 1773, 5.02g (Prid. 107 var., 110) [2]. About fine and better, first interesting (£30-40)

8 October 2002

Lot No 1559

Proof Double Pice or 8 Reas, 1794, bronzed, edge grained, 12.92g/6h (Prid. 122). Minor marks, otherwise brilliant (£40-60)

8 October 2002

Lot No 1560

Double Pice (2), 1803, 1816 (Prid. 145, 152; KM. 199-200); Pice (8), 1808, 1810, 1813, 1815, 1816, 1819, 1825, 1827 (Prid. 164, 166, 167, 168, 169, 171, 172, 174; KM. 198) [10]. First only mediocre, many others fine, some scarce dates (£90-120)

8 October 2002

Lot No 1561

Half-Pice (2), 1818, 1827 (Prid. 185, 189; KM. 197) [2]. First fair, second fine, both rare, especially the first (£40-60)

8 October 2002

Lot No 1562

Proof Quarter-Anna, 1833, in copper, edge plain, 6.46g/12h (Prid. 219). Brilliant and practically...

8 October 2002

Lot No 1563

Tin Double Pice, 1741, 30.51g (Prid. 233; KM. 157). Very fine and well struck, an exceptional spe...

8 October 2002

Lot No 1564

India, Half-Rupee, Surat, in the name of Shah Alam II, 1800-15 issue, 5.77g (Prid. 254; KM. 210); Half-Rupee, Bombay, 1825, 5.60g (Prid. 277; KM. 217); Southern Concan, Half-Pice, 1821, 3.35g (Prid. 327; KM. 226) [3]. About very fine (£30-50)

8 October 2002

Lot No 1565

Mohur, Bombay, in the name of Shah Alam II, 1803-24 issue, inverted crown privy mark 4a, 11.53g (...

8 October 2002

Lot No 1566

Pattern Rupee, 1832-3, in silver, as the adopted issue but finer style and different ornamentatio...

8 October 2002

Lot No 1567

Mohur, First Milled issue, 1790, Murshidabad, 12.34g (Prid. 62; KM. 102). Extremely fine (£100-120)

8 October 2002

Lot No 1568

Quarter-Mohur, First Milled issue, 1790, Murshidabad, 3.07g (Prid. 64; KM. 100). Extremely fine (£40-60)

8 October 2002

Lot No 1569

Rupee, Murshidabad, in the name of Shah Alam II, AH 1184, year 11 [1769-70], 11.47g (Prid. 110; K...

8 October 2002

Lot No 1570

Rupee, Murshidabad, in the name of Shah Alam II, AH 1193 [1779-80], 11.49g (Prid. 137; KM. 84.2)....

8 October 2002

Lot No 1571

Prinseps coinage, Eighth- and Sixteenth-Annas (Prid. 198, 200); Sikka Pice and Half-Pice (2), all 1796 (Prid. 204, 212 [2]); Calcutta Pie (2), both 1835 (Prid. 215); Trisuli Pice, Sagar (Prid. 339); EIC 1835-58, Half-Anna, 1835, Madras (Prid. 133) [9]. Very fine and better (£50-60)

8 October 2002

Lot No 1572

Mohur, Benares, ‘year 17’ issue, AH 1201, year 29 [1786-7], 10.92g (Prid. –). Practically as stru...

8 October 2002

Lot No 1573

Rupees (6), Benares, ’year 17’ issues, AH 1192/17, 1194/22, 1195/23, 1196/24, 1197/25, 1198/25 [1778-83] (Prid. 221 variety with different marks, 224, 225 variety with marks as 226, 226, 227, –; KM. 40) [6]. Generally very fine, some better (£90-120)

8 October 2002

Lot No 1574

Rupees (4), Benares, ‘year 17’ issues, AH 1203/30, 1203/31, 1213/41, 1214/42 [1788-1800] (Prid. 236, 237, 257, 259; KM. 40) [4]. Generally very fine (£60-80)

8 October 2002

Lot No 1575

Rupees (4), Benares, ‘year 17’ issues, AH 1218/46, 1219/46, 1219/47, 1225/49 [1803-11] (Prid. 268, 269, 271, 279; KM. 40) [4]. About very fine, first with chisel-cut in edge (£50-70)

8 October 2002

Lot No 1576

Rupee, Benares, ‘year 17’ issue, AH 1228/49 [1812] (Prid. 285; KM. 41). Chisel-cut in edge, otherwise very fine and toned, scarce (£30-40)

8 October 2002

Lot No 1577

Rupee, 1812-19 issue (Prid. 285); later Rupees (6), of Farrukhabad, Calcutta and Benares, and a Quarter-Rupee, Calcutta (Prid. 314, 317, 320, 323, 326, 331, 333) [8]. About very fine and better (£30-40)

8 October 2002

Lot No 1578

India, Victoria, Mohur, 1891 (Prid. 24; KM. 496). Minor bagmarks in obverse field, otherwise good...

8 October 2002

Lot No 1579

India, Victoria, Rupees (4), all 1862, Calcutta (2), types A/II, A/I with crescent; Bombay (2), types B/II, 2/0 [1864-5], A/II, 1/2 [1874-5] (Prid. 63, 66, 71, 103; KM. 473.1) [4]. About extremely fine and better (£40-60)

8 October 2002

Lot No 1580

India, Victoria, Rupees (4), all 1862, Bombay, types B/II, 0/4 [1866-7], A/II, 1/1 [1873-4], A/II, 1/2, C/II, 1/2 [both 1874-5] (Prid. 81, 99, 103, 105; KM. 473.1) [4]. About extremely fine and better (£40-60)

8 October 2002

Lot No 1581

India, Victoria, Rupees (11), all Calcutta, 1885, 1886, 1887 C2/1 (Prid. –), 1888-9-92-3-7-8, 1900, 1901 (Prid. 124, 126, 129, 130, 133-4, 136-9; KM. 492) [11]. Very fine and better (£60-80)

8 October 2002

Lot No 1582

India, Victoria, Rupees (14), all Bombay, 1875 A2/II, 1876, 1878 A3/II, 1879 (2), A3/II, A3/I, 18...

8 October 2002

Lot No 1583

India, Victoria, Rupees (2), both Bombay, 1877 A3/II with bead, 1901 C1/I (Prid. –; KM. 492) [2]. About extremely fine and better, neither listed by Pridmore (£30-40)

8 October 2002

Lot No 1584

India, Victoria, Half-Rupees (7), Calcutta (6), 1878-81-7-96-7-8; 1898b (Prid. 262, 265, 271, 279...

8 October 2002

Lot No 1585

India, Victoria, Quarter-Rupees (7), all Calcutta, 1878-82-5-91-3-6-8 (Prid. 383, 387, 390, 396, 398, 400, 402); 2 Annas (8), Calcutta (6), 1875-8-88-92, 1900 (2), Bombay (2), 1888, 1892 (Prid. 489, 493, 503, 507, 514, 541, 547); Quarter-Annas (2), 1862m, 1874c, Half-Pice, 1862c (Prid. 604, 608, 711; KM. 466, 467, 4...

8 October 2002

Lot No 1586

Edward VII, Rupee, 1910c (Prid. 196); Half-Rupees (7), Calcutta (6), 1905-6-7-8-9-10, 1910b (Prid. 309-14, 317); Quarter-Rupees (2), both Calcutta, 1903, 1910 (Prid. 432, 439); 2 Annas (3), all Calcutta, 1904-5-10 (Prid. 557-8, 563); Quarter-Anna, 1904c (Prid. 647; KM. 501, 505-8) [14]. Half-Rupees generally about v...

8 October 2002

Lot No 1587

George V, Rupees (4), 1911c, Bombay (3), 1911, 1921, 1922 (Prid. 207, 217, 227-8; KM. 523-4) [4]. Third in mint state with attractive blue-grey tone, others extremely fine but obverse of first stained (£50-60)

8 October 2002

Lot No 1588

George V, Half-Rupees (7), Calcutta (3), 1916, 1923, 1934, Bombay (4), 1919, 1925, 1926, 1936 (Prid. 323, 326, 334, 343, 347-8, 350); Quarter-Rupees (6), Calcutta (5), 1911-16-29-30-4, 1928b (Prid. 440, 445, 450-2, 459); 2 Annas (2), both Bombay, 1912, 1913 (Prid. 571-2); Quarter-Anna, 1917c (Prid. 662; KM. 512, 515...

8 October 2002

Lot No 1589

George VI, Rupees (6), Bombay (5), 1938 (2, with and without privy mark), 1942-4-5, 1945l (Prid. 233-4, 240, 245-7); Half-Rupees (6), Bombay (3), 1938, 1939 T/I, 1943, Calcutta (2), both 1939, T/I, T/II, and 1943l with sans serif letters (Prid. 351-2, 358, 363-4, 367); Quarter-Rupees (5), Calcutta (4), 1939-40-2-3,...