The Puddester Collection (Part I)

East India Company, Bombay Presidency, Early coinages: Mughal style, silver Rupee for the Malabar Coast in the name of ‘Alamgir II (1167-73h/1754-9), Mumbai, type B, yr 5, mm. crescent, sikka mubarak badshah ghazi alamgir [The auspicious coin of the victorious emperor Alamgir], rev. zarb munbai sanah 5 julus maimanat manus [Struck at Bombay in the 5th year of tranquil prosperity], 11.53g/7h (Prid. – [not in Sale]; Stevens 7.4; KM. 178 [date not listed]). Part flat, otherwise about very fine, extremely rare, the first date of the crescent-marked issue [certified and graded NGC AU Details: Test Punch Damage] £200-£260

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

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Bt R.C. Senior (Glastonbury, UK) June 1985.

Owner’s ticket.

The first crescent-marked coins bear the regnal year 5, either to denote their intended circulation on the Malabar Coast or, as seems likely, that they were struck at the Company’s factory in Tellicherry, which is known to have coined a vast number of lesser-quality fanams. Coins with the fixed regnal year 9 are, principally on stylistic grounds, most likely to be products of Tellicherry