The Puddester Collection

East India Company, Madras Presidency, Later coinages: Muhammadan System, a jeweller’s copy of a gold Ashrafi, 1819 issue, arms and supporters, bharata rama laghana seeta in small letters around, rev. ashrafi kampani angrez bahadur [Ashrafi of the honourable English company], 11.59g/12h (Mitchiner IMT 499, this coin illustrated; Stevens p.489, this coin illustrated; Stevens website image 480, this coin; Mitchiner 1979, 2118). Extremely fine and very rare £800-£1,000

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

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‘Skanda’ (L.B. Brilliant) Collection, Spink/Taisei Auction 9 (Singapore), 20 February 1991, lot 660.

Owner’s ticket and envelope.

Literature:
Illustrated in Michael Mitchiner, Indian Medals, Tokens, Pictorial Plaques and Pendants circa 1800 to 2010, p.165
Illustrated in Paul Stevens, The Coins of the English East India Company, Presidency Series: A Catalogue and Pricelist, p.489