The Puddester Collection (Part I)

East India Company, Madras Presidency, Reformation 1807-18, Madras minting, copper 5 Cash, 1807-8 issue, type B, in panj kas ast [This is five cash], seven pellets and a short pointed line at either side, v cash in small letters below, rev. idu anacu kasu idi aedu kasulu [This is five cash], Tamil and Telugu legends divided by single pellet, 2.50g/6h (Prid. 234 [Sale, lot 399]; Stevens 3.333e; KM. 324). About extremely fine and patinated, very rare with this die-axis £240-£300

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

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Bt R. Weir (Unionville, ONT) August 1997,

Owner’s ticket, inscribed ‘sold by Weir as virtually as struck, little wear but poorish strike’