The Puddester Collection (Part II)

The Uniform Coinage of India, British Imperial Period, Victoria, gold Mohur, 1875, type A, Calcutta, younger crowned and robed bust left, victoria queen, two flowers in lowest panel of jabot, v privy mark in centre of shoulder ornamentation, rev. one mohur above india and date, all within star and entwined scrollwork, edge grained, 11.64g/12h (Prid. 13 [Sale, lot 77]; SW 5.1; KM. 480; F 1598; cf. Fore III, 2466). Very fine and very rare
£1,800-£2,200

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

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Spink/Taisei Auction 9 (Singapore), 20 February 1991, lot 644.

Owner’s envelope.

Mintage 11,433; the first Indian imperial gold coin to bear the actual definitive year of its striking