The Puddester Collection (Part I)

East India Company, Bengal Presidency, European Minting, Soho, pewter Trial Pice in the name of ‘Shah ‘Alam II (1173-1221h/1759-1806), unsigned, frozen regnal yr 37 [1795+], sanah julus 37 shah alam badshah [in the 37th year of the emperor Shah ‘Alam], rev. ek pai sikka/yek pai sikka/ek pai sikka [one pai sikka], from the same dies as previous, edge plain, 33mm, 13.25g/3h (Prid. 383, this coin illustrated, recté 33mm [Sale, lot 690]; Stevens 10.8, this coin; KM. Pn19c). Flan a trifle bent, very light surface corrosion, otherwise extremely fine and almost as made, unique [certified and graded NGC PF 61] £1,200-£1,500

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

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F. Pridmore Collection, Part II, Glendining Auction (London), 18-19 October 1982, lot 690, ticket
Bt Spink (London) May 1983.

Owner’s ticket.

Literature:
Illustrated in Fred Pridmore, The Coins of the British Commonwealth of Nations...Part 4, India, Volume I, p.269.

This most interesting piece, larger than the others in the series and exhibiting witness lines around the legends on both sides, is likely the precursor of the previous three lots as the circumference is plain