Miscellaneous, Proving pieces (2), for Duncan, Stratton & Co, Bombay, in copper, G&B monogram, greenwood & batley limited albion works leeds around, revs. tiger standing left, palm tree behind, duncan, stratton & co bombay around, edges plain, 24mm, 5.62g/12h, 15mm, 1.52g/12h (Bullmore, SNC 1979, p.439, nos. 6, 8; cf. DNW 63, 1026) [2]. Extremely fine with much original colour, the smaller piece very rare (£60-80)

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Joanna Tansley Collection of Patterns, Proofs and Coining Trials.

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First only illustrated. In February 1905 Greenwood & Batley’s agents in India, Duncan, Stratton & Co, 9 Marine street, Bombay, ordered six coining presses at £275 each on behalf of H.H. The Nizam of Hyderabad’s mint. These were delivered in February 1906. The proving pieces struck from the new machinery were ostensibly to the size and weight of the rupee, half, quarter and eighth-rupee denominations; the above two pieces are of half- and eighth-rupee size