The Puddester Collection (Part I)

East India Company, Bombay Presidency, Malabar Coast, silver Double-Rupee, machine-struck 1810-13 issue in the name of ‘Alamgir II (1167-73h/1754-9), Calcutta [but naming Bombay], sikka mubarak badshah ghazi alamgir [The auspicious coin of the victorious emperor Alamgir], inverted crescent, rev. zarb munbai sanah [–] julus maimanat manus [Struck at Bombay in the [–] year of tranquil prosperity], edge plain, 22.92g/12h (Prid – [not in Sale]; Stevens 7.17, this coin cited; Stevens website image 1181, this coin; KM. –). Good very fine and partially toned, exceptionally rare, perhaps the only known specimen £2,000-£3,000

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

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Shown at the British Museum (London) 1983
Sir John Wheeler Collection, Baldwin Auction 22 (London), 2 May 2000, lot 123 [from Spink June 1983].

Owner’s ticket and envelope.

Sold with a note in the hand of the owner, reading: ‘A similar piece examined at the British Museum in May 2000 with mint name Surat has exactly the look and feel of this piece... Believed both struck at the Calcutta mint as examples of double rupees, based on the machine struck Mumbai rupee, during the period 1810-1813, The EIC often proposed coinage that was double that of the base coin in the series although normally on a larger flan, which may be a reason this piefort type coin was not accepted...’