The Puddester Collection (Part I)

East India Company, Bengal Presidency, Calcutta Mint: post-1761 issues, Third gold coinage, silver Proof Sixteenth-Mohur in the name of ‘Shah ‘Alam II (1173-1221h/1759-1806), 1183h, yr 10 [May-August 1769], naming Murshidabad, sikka zad bar haft kishwar saya fazl ilah hami din muhammad shah alam badshah [defender of the religion of Muhammad, Shah ‘Alam emperor, shadow of the divine favour, put his stamp on the seven climes], rev. zarb murshidabad sanah 10 julus maimanat manus [struck at Murshidabad in the 10th year of his reign of tranquil prosperity], edge plain, 0.74g/9h (Prid. 56 [not in Sale]; Stevens 2.52; Stevens website image 1341, second coin illustrated; cf. KM. 87). Virtually as struck with deep old cabinet tone, exceptionally rare, very few specimens known [certified and graded NGC PF 63] £3,000-£4,000

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

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D. Fore Collection, Part II, Baldwin Auction 82 (London), 31 May 2013, lot 894, label.

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