East India Company, Bengal Presidency, Pulta mint: Prinsep’s coinage, copper Proof or Specimen Pao Fulus or Sixteenth-Anna in the name of ‘Shah ‘Alam II (1173-1221h/1759-1806), 1195h, yr 22 [December 1780-April 1781], shah alam badshah 1195 [Shah Alam emperor 1195], rev. sanah 22 julus [in the 22nd year of his reign], two stars below evenly spaced, large flan, edge plain, 16.4mm, 1.90g/6h (Prid. 202 [not in Sale]; Stevens 3.29; Stevens website image 1540, this coin; KM. 120). Practically as struck with much original colour, exceptionally rare [certified and graded NGC SP 61 BN] £600-£800

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

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D. Fore Collection, Part II, Baldwin Auction 82 (London), 31 May 2013, lot 861, label.

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