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The Puddester Collection (Part II)

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№ 1069

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1 October 2024

Hammer Price:
£55,000

A complete 8-coin 1861 Pattern set, ex Wheeler

The Uniform Coinage of India, British Imperial Period, Victoria, original Pattern set, 1861, Royal Mint, London, and Calcutta, by L.C. Wyon, comprising silver Rupee, type A/II, normal younger crowned and robed bust left, victoria queen, feint l.c. wyon below truncation, single line curves in Queen’s crown, rev. one rupee above india and date, all within scroll-like wreath of Indian flora, top flower emerging from two prongs, edge plain, 11.16g/12h (Prid. 51 [Sale, lot 106]; SW 4.34; KM. Pn44; cf. Spink 15005, 156); silver Half-Rupee, type B/II, similar, no signature, pearls adjacent to centre jewel, rev. half rupee above india and date, last numeral of date distant from 6, edge plain, 5.66g/6h (Prid. 251 [Sale, lot 232]; SW 4.115; KM. Pn39; cf. Fore II, 783); silver Quarter-Rupee, similar, no signature, rev. 1/4 rupee above india and date, edge plain, 2.84g/6h (Prid. – [not in Sale]; cf. SW 4.127; cf. KM. Pn37; cf. ‘Diana’ 518); silver 2 Annas, similar, no signature, rev. two annas above india and date, edge plain, 1.43g/6h (Prid. – [not in Sale]; SW 4.141; KM. Pn35; cf. Fore II, 775); copper Half-Anna, similar, no signature, rev. half anna above india and date, edge plain, 12.95g/12h (Prid. 575 [Sale, lot 233]; SW 4.150; KM. Pn33; cf. Fore III, 2188); copper Quarter-Anna, type II, similar, no signature, rev. one quarter anna above india and date, last date numeral a Roman I, edge plain, 6.01g/12h (Prid. 597 [Sale, lot 163]; SW 4.161; KM. Pn31; cf. Fore II, 739); copper Half-Pice, similar, no signature, rev. 1/2 pice above india and date, edge plain, 3.57g/12h (Prid. 708 [Sale, lot 233]; SW 4.174; KM. –; cf. Fore II, 730); copper Twelfth-Anna, similar, no signature, rev. 1/12 anna above india and date, edge plain, 2.47g/12h (Prid. 775 [Sale, lot 233]; SW 4.182; KM. Pn28; cf. Fore II, 725) [8]. Rupee brilliant and dark-toned, other silver denominations brilliant with matching grey tone, copper with a little light spotting, the three smaller denominations with much original colour, an extremely rare set
£14,000-£18,000

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

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Sir John Wheeler Collection, Baldwin Auction 22 (London), 2 May 2000, lot 252 [from Spink (London) July 1988].

Owner’s ticket and envelopes.

The half- and quarter-rupees, and the 2 annas, are most likely Calcutta mint products; the other coins almost certainly emanate from the Royal Mint