The Puddester Collection

The Uniform Coinage of India, British Imperial Period, George V, bronze Half-Pice (3), 1917, Calcutta, crowned and robed bust left, elephant on decoration with longer tusks, george v king emperor, rev. 1/2 pice above india and date surrounded by serpentine wreath of vine leaves, edge plain, 2.44g/12h (Prid. 750 [Sale, lot 173]; SW 8.400; KM. 510); 1918, Calcutta, similar, edge plain, 2.41g/12h (Prid. 751 [Sale, lot 173]; SW 8.402; KM. 510); 1919, Calcutta, similar, edge plain, 2.33g/12h (Prid. 752 [Sale, lot 173]; SW 8.404; KM. 510) [3]. First good very fine but with a particularly high-relief elephant, others brilliant and as struck, last lightly toned and with proof-like surfaces, undoubtedly a very early strike £100-£150

This lot is to be sold as part of a special collection, The Puddester Collection.

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Second D. Fore Collection, Part III, Baldwin Auction 84 (London), 25-6 September 2013, lot 2165 (part)
Third D. Fore Collection, Part III, Baldwin Auction 84 (London), 25-6 September 2013, lot 2165 (part).

Owner’s envelopes, first “Elephant on the collar of the Order of Indian Empire is most prominent ever seen”