The Puddester Collection (Part II)

The Uniform Coinage of India, British Imperial Period, Victoria, silver Rupee, 1862 [1863-4], type E/II [Prid. B/II], Bombay, experimental issue, crowned and robed bust left, victoria queen, 4.75 panels in jabot, no v on bodice, round pearls in crown with double line curves, rev. one rupee above india and date, all within scroll-like wreath of Indian flora, top flower with points up, plain cone below top flower, bud cone above one, no cone by last e of rupee, edge grained, 11.69g/12h (Prid. 59 [Sale, lot 109]; SW 4.58; KM. 473.1). Good very fine, reverse better, very rare
£200-£260

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

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Spink Auction 60 (London), 7 October 1987, lot 1062
Sir John Wheeler Collection, Baldwin Auction 22 (London), 2 May 2000, lot 264.

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