The Puddester Collection (Part I)

East India Company, Bengal Presidency, Farrukhabad Mint: Second Phase, copper Double-Pice in the name of ‘Shah ‘Alam II (1173-1221h/1759-1806), frozen yr 45 [1816], sanah julus 45 shah alam badshah [in the 45th year of the emperor Shah ‘Alam], rev. do pai sikka/do pai sikka/do pai sikka [two pai sikka], 13.03g/12h (Prid. 335, this coin illustrated [Sale, lot 665]; Stevens 8.119; KM. 63). A superb coin, in all probability a Specimen, extremely fine and carefully struck with sharp rims, excessively rare [certified and graded NGC MS 61 BN] £2,000-£2,600

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 665 [from Baldwin (London) March 1974], ticket.

Owner’s ticket.

Literature:
Illustrated in Fred Pridmore, The Coins of the British Commonwealth of Nations...Part 4, India, Volume I, p.259