The Puddester Collection (Part I)

East India Company, Bombay Presidency, Early coinages: English design, copper Double-Pice in the name of George II (1727-60), GR type, 1733, crown dividing g r, bomb below, rev. avspicio [r]egis et [s]enatus angliæ [Under the patronage of the King and Parliament of England] in four lines, floral ornament above, 18.73g/9h (Prid. 101 [not in Sale]; Stevens 2.99; Stevens website image 734, this coin; KM. 166). Good fine and exceptionally rare, more attractive than its grade would imply and with a full date, only two specimens in the Snartt survey, both in the British Museum £500-£700

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

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D. Fore Collection, Part III, Baldwin Auction 84 (London), 25-6 September 2013, lot 1937.

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