The Uniform Coinage of India, East India Company: Patterns, William IV, original silver Pattern Rupee, undated [March 1835], type 2, Calcutta, unsigned [by K. Dass and after J. Flaxman], bust right, william iiii . king ., wavy line circumferential border, rev. lion walking left, palm-tree behind, edge plain, 31mm, 11.69g/6h (Prid. 176 [Sale, lot 60]; SW 1.31; KM. Pn9; cf. Fore II, 788; cf. ‘Diana’ 726). Extremely fine and dark-toned, extremely rare
£9,000-£12,000

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

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Sir John Wheeler Collection, Baldwin Auction 22 (London), 2 May 2000, lot 194 [acquired June 1979].

Owner’s ticket, envelope and record card, “An original pattern that brings us full circle in William IIII’s obv. head and Flaxman’s lion now reverse”