The Puddester Collection (Part I)

East India Company, Bombay Presidency, Early coinages: English design, copper Half-Copperoon, type A/X, yr 10 [1675], arms of the Company, [hon soc ang ind ori] [The Honourable English Company of the East Indies] around, scrolls around shield, rev. [a deo pax & incrementvm] [Peace and increase cometh from God] around mon bombayes anglici regims AoDo [Money of the English Government of Bombay year 10] in five lines in centre, 7.30g/6h (Prid. – [not in Sale]; Stevens 1.51, this coin; Wiggins, SNC November 1984, p.288, fig. 1, this coin; KM. –). Irregular flan, very fine and almost certainly the finest known example of this denomination, exceptionally rare [certified and graded NGC VF 35 BN] £400-£500

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

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K. Wiggins Collection, Baldwin Auction 25 (London), 8 May 2001, lot 715, ticket.

Owner’s ticket and envelope.

Literature:
Illustrated in Ken Wiggins, ‘A Bombay Half Copperoon’, SNC November 1984, p.288.

In his article, the late Ken Wiggins referred to this coin being “the best specimen of [a few coins that had been struck on much smaller flans]”. Very few half-copperoons are known to exist and Wiggins suggested that the denomination was only struck sporadically, probably in response to exigent demands of low value coins