The Puddester Collection (Part II)

The Uniform Coinage of India, East India Company, Victoria, original machine trial for a copper Quarter-Anna, 1858 [1860], by J. Watt & Co (Birmingham), arms and supporters, ausp : reg : & sen : ang : on riband, date above ribbon, die defaced, rev. yek pai one quarter anna j w & [reversed] co around, all within wreath with single leaf tips at top, east i[nd]i[a] company around, edge plain, 6.54g/6h (Prid. 158 [not in Sale]; SW 3.83; KM. TS4; cf. Fore III, 2169; cf. ‘Diana’ 304). Very fine and very rare £400-£600

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

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R.G. Stewart (Melbourne) Collection
W.J. Noble Collection, Part II, Noble Numismatics Pty Auction 61 (Melbourne), 4-6 August 1999, lot 1537 [from R.G.S. 1967].

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