Coins and Historical Medals

India, British India, Victoria, Victoria, Rupees (3), all 1862, type F/VII [Prid. A/I] (2), Calcutta, crowned and robed bust left, victoria queen, 3.75 panels in jabot, v on bodice at centre, round pearls in crown with single line curves, crescent at point of shoulder, revs. one rupee above india and date, all within scroll-like wreath of Indian flora, top flower with curved spikes, no cone below top flower, bud cone above one, no cone by last e of rupee, edges grained, 11.68g/12h, 11.62g/11h (Prid. 66 [Sale, lot 111]; SW 4.51; KM. 473.1); type A/II [Prid. B/II, 2/3], Bombay, crowned and robed bust left, victoria queen, 4.25 panels in jabot, v on bodice at left, round pearls in crown with single line curves, rev. one rupee above india and date, all within scroll-like wreath of Indian flora, two pellets above n of one, three pellets curved above lowest flower, top flower with points up, plain cone below top flower, bud cone above one, no cone by last e of rupee, edge grained, 11.56g/12h (Prid. 74 [Sale, lot 112]; SW 4.71; KM. 473.1).; 2 Annas (3), 1882C, 1883C, 1885C (SW 6.366, 6.373, 6.386; KM. 488); BIKANIR, Victoria [Ganga Singh (1887-1943)], silver Rupee, type C/2, 1892 [1892-4], Bombay, crowned and robed bust left, victoria empress, 3.5 panels in jabot, no v on bodice or crescent at point of shoulder, rev. Maharaj Ganga Singh bahadur sanat 1892 in Nagari and Persian in centre, one rupee bikanir state divided by fly-whisks, edge grained, 11.64g/12h (Prid. 1003 [Sale, lot 187]; Stevens website BK 125; KM. 72; cf. Fore III, 1322-3); DEWAS, Senior Branch, Victoria [Krishnaji Rao II (1860-99)], copper Twelfth-Anna, 1888, Calcutta, crowned and robed bust left, victoria empress, 4 panels in jabot, inverted v on bodice, rev. 1/12 anna dewas state s.b. india and date, all within scroll-like wreath of Indian flora, edge plain, 2.31g/12h (Prid. 1020 [Sale, lot 188]; Stevens website DS 18; KM. 11; cf. Fore III, 1358). [8]. Good fine to extremely fine, several scarce £200-£300

R.P. Puddester Collection, Part II, Noonans Auction 308, 1 October 2024, lots 1084, 1088 1628, 1635