The Puddester Collection (Part I)

East India Company, Bengal Presidency, Calcutta Mint: Early Years, silver Sixteenth-Rupee in the name of ‘Alamgir II (1167-73h/1754-9), yr 6 [1760-1], Kalkata, sikka mubarak badshah ghazi ‘alamgir [the auspicious coin of the victorious Emperor ‘Alamgir], rev. zarb kalkata sanah 6 julus maimanat manus [struck at Calcutta in the 6th year of his reign of tranquil prosperity], flower to left of regnal year, 0.71g/6h (Prid. – [not in Sale]; Stevens –; Stevens website 1357, this coin cited; Wiggins, SNC May 1977, p.201, no.1, this coin; KM. –). Very fine and extremely rare £240-£300

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

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K. Wiggins Collection, Baldwin Auction 25 (London), 8 May 2001, lot 616, ticket.

Owner’s ticket and envelope.

Literature:
Illustrated in Ken Wiggins, ‘Some Unpublished Coins of the East India Company’, SNC May 1977