East India Company, Madras Presidency, Northern Circars: Native style coinages, Machhlipatan, copper Dubs (2), 1192h, yr 18 [1778-9], sanah julus mubarak 1192 [Auspicious year of accession 1192], rev. zarb bandar machhlipatan sanat 18 mubarak [Struck at the port of Machhlipatan in the 18th auspicious year of his reign], 13.27g/6h (Prid. 301 [not in Sale]; Stevens 5.64; KM. 386 [date not listed]); 1199h, yr 25 [1784-5], sanah julus mubarak 1199 [Auspicious year of accession 1199], rev. zarb bandar machhlipatan sanat 25 mubarak [Struck at the port of Machhlipatan in the 25th auspicious year of his reign], 13.60g/6h (Prid. 301 [not in Sale]; Stevens 5.66; KM. 386) [2]. First fine, second better, both rare £60-£80

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

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First SNC (London) October 1980 (8608), ticket, recté ‘1779’.