East India Company, Bengal Presidency, Farrukhabad Mint’: Second phase, silver Pattern Rupee in the name of ‘Shah ‘Alam II (1173-1221h/1759-1806), frozen yr 45 [c. 1819-20], unsigned, sikka zad bar haft kishwar saya faz 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], no privy mark, rev. zarb farruckabad sanah 45 julus maimanat manus [struck at Farrukhabad in the 45th year of his reign of tranquil prosperity], edge straight-grained, 26mm, 11.66g/12h (Prid. 341 [Sale, lot 669]; Stevens 8.104, recté c. 1819-20 and edge straight-grained; KM. –). Light die rust, otherwise virtually as struck, reverse attractively toned, excessively rare £3,000-£4,000

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 669 [from Spink (London) December 1972], ticket
SNC (London) June 1984 (3843), ticket.

Owner’s ticket and envelope.

One of a few pattern rupees struck at Calcutta from dies prepared for Farrukhabad, before the dies were sent thither and the obverse privy-marked. Straight-grained edges, such as this coin features, were not introduced at Calcutta until 1819