The Puddester Collection (Part I)

East India Company, Bombay Presidency, Malabar Coast, silver Fifth-Rupees (3) in the name of ‘Alamgir II (1167-73h/1754-9), perhaps Tellicherry [but naming Bombay], c. 1762-3, type 5 [Stevens D1/IV], distorted legend sikka mubarak badshah ghazi alamgir [The auspicious coin of the victorious emperor Alamgir], distorted numeral 5, rev. zarb munbai sanah [–] julus maimanat manoos [Struck at Bombay in the [–] year of tranquil prosperity], 2.24g/8h (Prid. 297 [Sale, lot 542]; Stevens 7.36; KM. 275); c. 1763-80, type 6 [Stevens D2/IV], similar but inverted numeral 5, 2.21g/12h (Prid. 296 [Sale, lot 542]; Stevens 7.37; KM. 274); c. 1792-8, type 9 [Stevens F/VI], Tellicherry or Calicut, similar but neat style, 2.16g/9h (Prid. 295 [Sale, lot 542]; Stevens 7.40; KM. 273) [3]. Last good very fine and toned, others about very fine £60-£80

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

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First bt July 1979
Second bt S. Semans (Cleveland, OH) December 1982
Third SNC (London) November 1980 (9409), ticket.

The series of Malabar Coast fifth-rupees, or ‘billies’, were extensively recatalogued by Shailendra Bhandare and Paul Stevens as a supplement to JONS 172 (Summer 2002), then refined within Stevens (2017 and 2019), a chronological order followed in this catalogue