The Uniform Coinage of India, British Imperial Period, Victoria, silver Rupee, 1877, type A1/I, Bombay, crowned and robed bust left, victoria empress, 3.75 panels in jabot, clear v on bodice, crescent at point of shoulder, rev. one rupee above india and date, all within scroll-like wreath of Indian flora, top flower with curved spikes, leaf arrangement at lower left with five leaves, pellet below date, edge grained, 11.69g/12h (Prid. – [not in Sale]; SW –; KM. 492). Extremely fine, reverse lightly toned, extremely rare £500-£700

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

View
Collection

Owner’s envelope.

Acquired at a later date than the similar coin in the next lot.

There is a certain ambiguity about the differences between busts A1 and A3 on coins of the Bombay mint. Bust A1, with a conspicuous v on the groundline of the bodice, is almost exclusively found on coins of Calcutta; bust A3, where the v has been corrupted is, to the cataloguer’s knowledge, only found on coins of Bombay. It follows that Bombay coins employing bust A1 are in effect mules