The Puddester Collection (Part II)

The Uniform Coinage of India, East India Company, Victoria, copper Half-Anna, 1835 [1844+], type C/III, Bombay, arms and supporters, ausp : reg : & sen : ang : on riband, date above, rev. do pai half anna within laurel wreath of 20 berries, east india company around, thin raised border both sides, edge plain, 30mm, 12.75g/12h (Prid. 131 [Sale, lot 41]; SW 1.79; KM. 447.1; cf. Fore III, 2181). Slight weakness in centre of reverse, otherwise virtually as struck with proof-like surfaces, attractive £200-£300

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

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Bt R. Weir (Unionville, ONT) March 1998.

Owner’s envelope.

The new half-anna was first struck at Madras in April 1838, but it was not until Act XXII, 1844, that the three copper denominations were restricted to a single type. In the latter half of 1844 Bombay started to coin half-annas, followed by Calcutta in January 1845