The Puddester Collection (Part I)

East India Company, Bengal Presidency, Benares Mint: First phase, silver Rupees (3), in the name of ‘Shah ‘Alam II (1173-1221h/1759-1806), 1195h, yrs 17/23 [April-December 1781], 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], fish and sun symbols, differentiating or darogah mark C, rev. zarb muhammadabad banaras sanah 23 julus maimanat manus [struck at Muhammadabad Benares in the 23rd year of his reign of tranquil prosperity], 11.00g/8h (Prid. 225 [Sale, lot 635]; Stevens 7.38; KM. 40.1); 1195h, yrs 17/23 [April-December 1781], similar but differentiating or darogah mark A, 11.14g/4h (Prid. – [not in Sale]; Stevens 7.39; KM. 40.1); 1196h, yrs 17/24 [March-December 1782], similar, differentiating or darogah mark A, 11.20g/9h (Prid. 226 [not in Sale]; Stevens 7.40; KM. 40.1) [3]. First very fine but with some surface deposit, others good very fine and better but last with test mark on obverse £70-£90

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

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Third Stephen Album (Santa Rosa, CA) FPL 18, June 1980 (1129).

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