The Puddester Collection (Part I)

East India Company, Madras Presidency, Later coinages 1812-35, Royal Mint, London, copper Proof 4 Pice, 1825/1240h, arms and supporters, ausp : regis & sen : angliæ [By the authority of the King and Parliament of England] on ribbon below, rev. 4 above chahar pai [Four pice] in wreath, right hand tip of which points down, edge plain, 8.75g/6h (Prid. 277 [not in Sale]; Stevens 5.90; KM. 431). Trifling surface marks on reverse, otherwise brilliant and virtually as struck, reflective original colour, extremely rare, only one specimen noted in Snartt survey [certified and graded NGC PF 65 BN] £600-£800

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

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R.J. Ford (Detroit, MI) Collection
SNC (London) April 1982 (3310), ticket.

Owner’s ticket