East India Company, Bombay Presidency, Early coinages: English design, copper Quarter-Pice in the name of George III (1760-1820), Balemark type [1773+], balemark, rev. value expressed as a fraction, 1.23g/10h (Prid. 115, this coin illustrated [Sale, lot 474]; Stevens 2.122; KM. 187). A little light surface verdigris on reverse, otherwise very fine and exceptionally rare, very few specimens known of which this is one of the finest £500-£700

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 474, ticket.

Owner’s ticket.

Literature:
Illustrated in Fred Pridmore, The Coins of the British Commonwealth of Nations...Part 4, India, Volume I, p.161