The Puddester Collection (Part I)

East India Company, Bengal Presidency, Pulta Mint: Prinsep’s coinage, copper Pattern Pao Fulus or Sixteenth-Anna in the name of ‘Shah ‘Alam II (1173-1221h/1759-1806), 1195h, yr 22 [December 1780-April 1781], unsigned, shah alam badshah 1195 [Shah ‘Alam emperor 1195], rev. sanah 22 julus [in the 22nd year of his reign], two stars below, beaded rims, edge plain, 15mm, 1.68g/6h (Prid. – [Sale, lot 678]; Stevens 3.12; KM. –). Extremely fine and attractively patinated, extremely rare £700-£900

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

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Bt H. Kaslove (Ottawa, ONT) July 1983.

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