East India Company, Madras Presidency, European Minting, 1803-8, Soho, silver Proof 20 Cash, 1808, heavy issue, unaltered date, arms and supporters, east india company above, date below, rev. bist kas chahar falus ast [Twenty cash make four falus], xx . cash in exergue, edge plain, 10.75g/6h (Prid. 196 [not in Sale]; Stevens 5.118; cf. KM. 321). Spot on y of company, otherwise brilliant and virtually as struck, exceptionally rare; only one specimen in Snartt’s survey (BM) and believed only one other [David Fore’s] offered at auction in 40 years [certified and graded NGC PF 64] £4,000-£5,000

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

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Baldwin Auction 45 (London), 3 May 2006, lot 1446, ticket.

Owner’s ticket and envelope, former inscribed ‘only specimen noted’