East India Company, Madras Presidency, Reformation 1807-18, silver Half-Pagoda, first issue, type C/VIII, nine-tiered Gopuram of a temple flanked by 16 stars on left and 17 stars on right, surrounded by ribbon inscribed half · pagoda, nim hun phuli [Half a star pagoda], Persian legend facing inwards, rev. Vishnu holding sword, rising from a lotus flower, surrounded by five concentric circles of pellets, flanked by 13 pellets on left and 14 pellets on right, legend in Tamil and Telugu, arai pu vara kun/ara pu vara hun [Half a star pagoda], Tamil legend to left outwards, Telugu legend to right outwards, 21.18g/12h (Prid. – [not in Sale]; Stevens 3.41; KM. 344; Dav. 246). Traces of the Spanish-American 8 Réales undertype visible, very fine and dark-toned, rare [certified and graded NGC AU 53] £1,500-£1,800

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

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Bt Baldwin (London) January 1985, 2 tickets.

Two owner’s tickets.

The NGC label infers that the coin’s undertype is a Mexico, Charles IIII, 8 Reales, 1804th, Mexico City, but the cataloguer cannot confirm this