East India Company, Bengal Presidency, Benares Mint: Second phase, silver Rupees (3), in the name of ‘Shah ‘Alam II (1173-1221h/1759-1806), 1221h, yrs 17/49 [1806-7], 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], fish and sun symbols, differentiating or darogah mark N, rev. zarb muhammadabad banaras sanah 49 julus maimanat manus [struck at Muhammadabad Benares in the 49th year of his reign of tranquil prosperity], 11.34g/10h (Prid. 275 [Sale, lot 638]; Stevens 7.101; KM. 40.1); 1222h, frozen yrs 17/49 [1807-8], similar, 11.19g/12h (Prid. 276 [not in Sale]; Stevens 7.102; KM. 40.1); 1223h, frozen yrs 17/49 [1808-9], similar, 11.12g/3h (Prid. 277 [not in Sale]; Stevens 7.103; KM. 40.1) [3]. Last about very fine, others very fine £50-£70

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

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First bt R.C. Senior (Glastonbury, UK) April 1984
Second Stephen Album (Santa Rosa, CA) FPL 18, June 1980 (1131).

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