The Puddester Collection (Part I)

East India Company, Madras Presidency, Reformation 1807-18, Madras minting, copper Pattern 20 Cash, 1807-8 issue, unsigned [by B. Roebuck], in bist kas ast [This is twenty cash], legend in three lines, no value in English below, rev. idi iravai kasulu idu irubadu kasu [This is twenty cash], Tamil and Telugu legends undivided, small squat letters of neat style, first and third Tamil letters correct, edge plain, 9.68g/12h (Prid. 342, this coin illustrated [Sale, lot 443]; Stevens –; Snartt, SCMB 1980, p.346, this coin; KM. Pn2, this coin). On a large (30mm flan), very fine and of the highest rarity, believed the only known example [certified and graded NGC XF 45 BN] £1,000-£1,500

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 443, ticket [acquired June 1972].

Owner’s ticket.

Literature:
Illustrated in Fred Pridmore, The Coins of the British Commonwealth of Nations...Part 4, India, Volume I, p.93

The designer was Benjamin Roebuck