The Puddester Collection (Part I)

East India Company, Bengal Presidency, European Minting, Soho, a pewter splasher of the unfinished obv. for a Pattern Pie, 1809, unsigned [by J. Phillp], Company arms, no motto on ribbon, one pie above, date below, fully beaded border, edge plain, 27.5mm [image size 21.6mm], 1.92g (cf. Prid. 390 [Sale, lot 694]; Stevens 10.16, this coin; Stevens website image 1890, this coin; KM. –). Extremely fine, believed to be unique £600-£800

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

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SNC (London) April 1980 (3161), ticket
F. Pridmore Collection, Part II, Glendining Auction (London), 18-19 October 1982, lot 694, ticket.

Owner’s ticket.

Literature:
Illustrated in Paul Stevens, The Coins of the Bengal Presidency, p.550
Illustrated in Paul Stevens, The Coins of the English East India Company, Presidency Series: A Catalogue and Pricelist, p.187.

Almost certainly an early experiment, or mistake, by Phillp; the die itself (21.6mm) was later altered and half stamped over one, becoming the master for the half-pie series dated 1809 (see the next three lots)