The Puddester Collection (Part II)

The Uniform Coinage of India, British Imperial Period, George V, original bronze Proof set, 1912, Calcutta, comprising Quarter-Anna, crowned and robed bust left, elephant on decoration with longer tusks, george v king emperor, rev. one quarter anna above india and date, all within scroll-like wreath of Indian flora, leaf in centre below date, edge plain, 4.86g/12h (Prid. p.196 [Sale, lot 264, this coin]; SW 8.338; KM. 512; cf. Fore I, 225); Half-Pice, similar, but rev. 1/2 pice above india and date, edge plain, 2.55g/12h (Prid. p.196 [Sale, lot 264, this coin]; SW 8.391; KM. 510; cf. Fore I, 142); Twelfth-Anna, similar, but rev. 1/12 anna above india and date, edge plain, 1.63g/12h (Prid. p.196 [Sale, lot 264, this coin]; SW 8.531; KM. 509; cf. Fore I, 55 [= SJA 52, 3396]) [3]. Brilliant mint state, matching tone, very rare as an original Proof set £2,400-£3,000

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

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F. Pridmore Collection, Part III, Glendining Auction (London), 17 October 1983, lot 264 (part) [from Seaby (London) September 1976], tickets
Sir John Wheeler Collection, Baldwin Auction 22 (London), 2 May 2000, lot 311.

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