The Puddester Collection

East India Company, Madras Presidency, Early coinages, copper Dudu or 10 Cash, first issue, 1748, Fort St David, balemark incorporating cce, rev. date between wavy lines, 8.44g/12h (Prid. 41 [Sale, lot 354]; Stevens 5.4; KM. 291). Good fine and very rare; the only specimen recorded by Snartt, three depicted on the Stevens website £60-£80

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

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F. Pridmore Collection, Part II, Glendining Auction (London), 18-19 October, 1982, lot 354 (part), ticket.

Owner’s ticket.

Struck during the French occupation of Madras