The Puddester Collection (Part II)

The Uniform Coinage of India, British Imperial Period, Edward VII, original copper Proof Twelfth-Anna, 1903, Calcutta, uncrowned bust right, edward vii king & emperor, rev. 1/12 anna above india and date surrounded by serpentine wreath, edge plain, 2.28g/12h (Prid. p.196 [not in Sale]; SW 7.209; KM. 497; cf. Fore I, 40 [= SJA 52, 3360). Brilliant mint state, very rare £600-£800

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 313 (part)
Bt R. Weir (Unionville, ONT), envelope.

The Fore coin, though described by Randy Weir as an original Proof, an opinion shared by the present cataloguer, has since been classified as an ‘early restrike’ by NGC which, if true, considerably enhances the desirability of the present piece