The Puddester Collection (Part I)

East India Company, Bengal Presidency, Farrukhabad Mint: Second Phase, copper Pattern Pice, c. 1806 (?), partially alluding to ‘Shah ‘Alam II (1173-1221h/1759-1806), frozen yr 45, unsigned, ek pai sikka/yek pai sikka/ek pai sikka [one pai sikka], rev. zarb farruckabad sanah 45 julus maimanat manus [struck at Farrukhabad in the 45th year of his reign of tranquil prosperity], edge plain, 6.55g/12h (Prid. 342, this coin illustrated [not in Sale]; Stevens 8.117; KM. –). One edge weak and small surface metal flaw in the mint name, otherwise very fine and patinated, excessively rare [certified and graded NGC AU 53 BN] £600-£800

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

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K. Wiggins Collection, Baldwin Auction 25 (London), 8 May 2001, lot 660.

Owner’s ticket and envelope.

Literature:
Illustrated in Fred Pridmore, The Coins of the British Commonwealth of Nations...Part 4, India, Volume I, p.343.

A mule of Prid. 203 and 314 (Stevens 4.29 and 8.105). Contrary to the catalogue footnote accompanying the sale of the Wodak/Pitchfork specimen (Noble Auction 48, lot 2157, subsequently Stevens collection, Album Auction 25, lot 1441), the slightly inferior present specimen is the Pridmore plate coin, not the piece then owned by Wodak