The Puddester Collection (Part I)

East India Company, Bengal Presidency, Benares Mint: Third phase, silver Pattern Rupee, 1822, unsigned, namunah zarb banaras [pattern struck at Benares], rev. new milling 1822 in three lines, edge straight-grained, 11.69g/12h (Prid. 362 [not in Sale]; Stevens 7.152; KM. –). Extremely fine and toned, extremely rare [certified and graded NGC PF 64] £4,000-£5,000

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

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Collection

Baron Philippe de Ferrari la Renotière Collection, Sotheby Auction (London), 27-31 March 1922, lot 576 (part)
V.M. Brand Collection, Part IX, Sotheby Auction (London), 14 June 1985, lot 200.

Owner’s ticket.

A pattern struck to demonstrate the new edge graining used at Benares for the Farrukhabad rupee