The Puddester Collection

East India Company, Bengal Presidency, Calcutta Mint: post-1761 issues, Third gold coinage, gold Mohur in the name of ‘Shah ‘Alam II (1173-1221h/1759-1806), 1196h, frozen regnal yr 19 [1781-2], naming Murshidabad, sikka zad bar haft kishwar saya fazl ilah hami din muhammad shah alam badshah [defender of the religion of Muhammad, Shah ‘Alam emperor, shadow of the divine favour, put his stamp on the seven climes], rev. zarb murshidabad sanah 19 julus maimanat manus [struck at Murshidabad in the 19th year of his reign of tranquil prosperity], 12.28g/11h (Prid. 32 [Sale, lot 571]; Stevens 2.26; KM. 94.1; F 1528). Minor marks in fields, otherwise very fine and toned £800-£1,000

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

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H.M. Lingford (Bishop Auckland, UK) Collection [from Baldwin (London) November 1948], ticket
Bt Baldwin (London) August 1986, envelope.

Owner’s ticket.

Following the closure of the Murshidabad mint in May 1777, the style and titles used on Bengal coins, together with the frozen regnal year 19, was introduced as ‘a silent operation of government’ (Pridmore, p.204) and henceforth all coins were struck at Calcutta