The Puddester Collection (Part I)

East India Company, Bengal Presidency, Calcutta Mint: Second milled issue, copper Half-Pice (5), in the name of ‘Shah ‘Alam II (1173-1221h/1759-1806), frozen regnal yr 37 [1796], sanah julus 37 shah alam badshah [in the 37th year of the emperor Shah ‘Alam], revs. ad pai sikka/nim pai sikka/adha pai sikka [half pai sikka], different positionals of legend, 25.6mm, 4.24g/12h, 23mm, 4.17g/12h, 22.9mm, 4.48g/12h, 22.5mm (2), 4.20g/12h, 4.15g/12h (Prid. 212 [Sale, lot 629]; Stevens 4.31; KM. 50) [5]. Second extremely fine, last nearly so, both with vestiges of original colour, first fine, others very fine but fourth with some surface verdigris £80-£100

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

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Third SNC (London) November 1980 (9454), ticket
Others E. Wodak (Melbourne) Collection; C.E. Pitchfork Collection, Part III, Noble Numismatics Auction 48 (Melbourne), 11-13 July 1995, lot 2142 (part) [acquired c. 1970-1]; R.A. Climpson Collection, Noble Numismatics Auction 85B (Melbourne), 25 July 2007, lot 2154 (part).

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