The Uniform Coinage of India, British Imperial Period, Victoria, silver Rupee, 1900b, type C2/I, Bombay, crowned and robed bust left, victoria empress, 3.5 panels in jabot, no v on bodice or crescent at point of shoulder, hair at nape of neck equal, rev. one rupee above india and date, all within scroll-like wreath of Indian flora, top flower with curved spikes, incuse b at base, leaf arrangement at lower left with five leaves, edge grained, 11.68g/12h (Prid. – [not in Sale]; cf. SW 6.156a; KM. 492). Obverse partly toned, otherwise virtually as struck, reverse with considerable mint bloom, very rare £180-£220

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

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