The Puddester Collection (Part I)

East India Company, Bengal Presidency, Calcutta Mint: post-1761 issues, Third gold coinage, gold Sixteenth-Mohur in the name of ‘Shah ‘Alam II (1173-1221h/1759-1806), 1203h, frozen regnal yr 19 [1788-9], 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 19 julus maimanat manus [struck at Murshidabad in the 19th year of his reign of tranquil prosperity], 0.78g/12h (Prid. 59 [Sale, lot 575]; Stevens 2.55; KM. 87; F 1532). Extremely fine and well-centred with mint bloom, very rare [certified and graded NGC MS 63] £600-£800

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

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A.N. Brushfield Collection, Part V, Glendining Auction (London), 2-3 November 1949, lot 11 (part)
H.M. Lingford (Bishop Auckland, UK) Collection
F. Pridmore Collection, Part II, Glendining Auction (London), 18-19 October 1982, lot 575, ticket and envelope
Bt W.J. Noble (Singapore) February 1987.

Owner’s envelope