East India Company, Bengal Presidency, Calcutta Mint: post-1761 issues, Third gold coinage, gold Sixteenth-Mohur in the name of ‘Shah ‘Alam II (1173-1221h/1759-1806), 1202h, frozen regnal yr 19 [1787-8], naming Murshidabad, sikka zad bar haft kishwar saya fazl ilah hami din muhammad shah alam badshah [defender of the religion of Muhammad, Shah ‘Alam emperor, shadow of the divine favour, put his stamp on the seven climes], rev. zarb murshidabad sanah 19 julus maimanat manus [struck at Murshidabad in the 19th year of his reign of tranquil prosperity], 0.76g/12h (Prid. 58 [Sale, lot 574]; Stevens 2.54; KM. 87; F 1532). About extremely fine and well-centred, very rare £600-£800

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

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Bt in London September 1985.

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