The Puddester Collection (Part I)

East India Company, Madras Presidency, Northern Circars: European style coinages, Madras, silver Pattern 2 Annas, 1808 issue, unsigned, type A/I, two annas ·:· in cursive script around do ana rupiya [Two annas of a rupee], rev. renddu analu [Two annas] in centre, irantu ·:· ana ·:· [Two annas] around, 1.56g/6h (Prid. 309 [Sale, lot 425-6]; Stevens 3.354; KM. –). Extremely fine, light grey tone, extremely rare; the finer of the two specimens in the Pridmore collection [certified and graded NGC MS 64] £2,000-£2,600

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

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F. Pridmore Collection, Part II, Glendining Auction (London), 18-19 October 1982, lot 426 [from Baldwin], ticket.

Owner’s ticket.

The great rarity of this type has led previous writers to suggest it is a pattern, a lead followed by the present cataloguer and copied by the third-party grader, yet despite the superior and unworn condition of the two Pridmore pieces and that formerly in the Fore collection, at least four other specimens noted have seen considerable circulation