The Puddester Collection (Part I)

East India Company, Madras Presidency, Northern Circars: European style coinages, Soho, copper Dubs or Forty-Eighth Rupees (3), 1794 (2), arms and supporters, united east india company on scroll, auspicio regis et senatus angliæ [By the authority of the King and Parliament of England] around, 48 to one rupee, revs. balemark, united east india company around, edge english . united . east . india . company, 14.15g/6h (Prid. 310 [Sale, lot 427]; Stevens 5.168; KM. 394), edge inscription erased, 13.53g/6h (cf. Prid. 313 [cf. Sale, lot 427]; cf. Stevens 5.171; cf. KM. 396); 1797, similar, but scroll reads compan, no stop after east on edge, 13.69g/6h (Prid. 316; Stevens 5.174; KM. 398) [3]. Second good fine, others very fine, first better but with excess metal on reverse rim £60-£80

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

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First bt A. Szego (Jackson Heights, NY) September 1981
Second bt Baldwin (London) May 1985
Third bt R. Weir (Unionville, ONT) January 1998.

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