East India Company, Madras Presidency, European Minting, 1803-8, Soho, gilt-copper Proof 5 Cash, 1803, arms and supporters, east india company above in large letters, date below, spear points between n and d in india, rev. panj kas yek falus ast [Five cash make one falus], v. cash in exergue, edge plain, 3.30g/6h (Prid. 210 [Sale, lot 386]; Stevens 5.144; cf. KM. 316). Minor spotting, otherwise brilliant and practically as struck, rare; only four specimens noted in Snartt’s survey [certified and graded NGC PF 64 Cameo] £400-£500

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

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Bt H. Kaslove (Ottawa, ONT) June 1982.

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