The Puddester Collection (Part I)

East India Company, Bombay Presidency, Later coinages: Moghul style, silver Rupee, Bombay [but naming Surat], 1806-24 issue, in the name of Shah ‘Alam II (1173-1221h/1759-1806), frozen regnal year 46, sikka mubarak badshah ghazi shah alam [The auspicious coin of the victorious emperor Shah Alam], privy mark 6 incorporating star at left, rev. zarb surat sanah 46 julus maimanat manus [Struck at Surat in the 46th year of tranquil prosperity], 11.57g/2h (Prid. 270 [Sale, lot 530]; Stevens 3.16; KM. 212.2); silver Half-Rupee, similar, privy mark 6, 5.79g/9h (Prid. 271 [Sale, lot 530]; Stevens 3.20; KM. 211.2); silver Quarter-Rupee, similar, privy mark 6, 2.90g/9h (Prid. 272 [Sale, lot 530]; Stevens 3.24; KM. 210.2, recté privy mark 6) [3]. First very fine but with edge cut, second extremely fine, last good very fine, latter two toned £100-£150

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

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Third SNC (London) November 1980 (9401), ticket.

Owner’s tickets, first two with envelopes.

Paul Stevens offers convincing evidence that silver coins bearing privy mark 6 were not issued until at least 1806 (The Coinage of the Bombay Presidency, p.125), rather than the 1800 date postulated by Pridmore