The Puddester Collection (Part I)

East India Company, Madras Presidency, Early coinages: Mughal style, silver Rupee, in the name of Jahandar Shah (1124h/1712-13), Chinapatan, 1124h, yr 1 [1712/13], sikka bezad bar mah chau sahib qiran jJahandar shah, badshah jahan [Struck money like the shining moon, the Great Emperor Jahandar Shah, King of the world], rev. zarb chinapatan sanat ahad julus maimanat manus [Struck at Chinapatan in the 1st year of tranquil prosperity], 11.59g/3h (Prid. 125 [not in Sale]; Stevens 2.21; KM. B302). Some deposit on obverse, otherwise good very fine, extremely rare; the only date of issue £800-£1,000

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

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Bt R.C. Senior (Glastonbury, UK) November 1984.

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