The Puddester Collection (Part I)

East India Company, Bengal Presidency, Jewellers’ copies in silver or base metal of Murshidabad Rupees (4), Rabi Ayam Din, Kalkata, 11.43g/12h (Mitchiner IMT 290, this coin illustrated); Rafi Bakhsh, Multan and Mohammed, Kalkata, 11.59g/12h (Mitchiner IMT 292, this coin illustrated); Gangadhar Rashukal, Shunapatti Kalkata, 10.42g/12h (Mitchiner IMT 295-7); ‘Ali Sultan and Mohammed Husain, Kalkata, 11.14g/12h (Mitchiner IMT –) [4]. Last about extremely fine, others generally about very fine £30-£40

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

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First three K. Wiggins Collection, Baldwin Auction 25 (London), 8 May 2001, lot 740 (part), first and third with tickets.

Literature:
First and second illustrated in Michael Mitchiner, Indian Medals, Tokens, Pictorial Plaques and Pendants circa 1800 to 2010, p.122