The Puddester Collection (Part I)

East India Company, Bengal Presidency, Pulta mint: Prinsep’s coinage, copper Proof or Specimen Fulus or Quarter-Anna in the name of ‘Shah ‘Alam II (1173-1221h/1759-1806), 1195h, yr 22 [December 1780-April 1781], shah alam badshah 1195 [Shah Alam emperor 1195], rev. sanah 22 julus [in the 22nd year of his reign], two stars below widely spaced, large flan, edge plain, 24.5mm, 7.10g/6h (Prid. 196 [not in Sale]; Stevens 3.23; Stevens website image 1534, this coin; KM. 124). One tiny spot on either side conserved, otherwise brilliant mint state, wonderful red-violet tone, a superb example of the first machine-struck copper coinage for Bengal and exceptionally rare [certified and graded NGC SP 66 BN] £2,000-£2,600

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

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P.J.E. Stevens Collection, Part III, Stephen Album Auction 25 (Santa Rosa, CA), 19-21 May 2016, lot 1304, when certified and graded NGC PF 65 BN, tag.

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