East India Company, Madras Presidency, Northern Circars: European style coinages, Madras, silver 4 Annas, 1808 issue, type A, four annas around chahar ana rupiya [Four annas of a rupee], unshaded square buckle, rev. nalugu analu [Four annas] in centre, nalu ana [Four annas] around, star at top, 2.93g/12h (Prid. 305 [Sale, lot 424]; Stevens 3.352; KM. 407). Very fine and toned, very rare [certified and graded NGC XF 45] £1,000-£1,500

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

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F. Pridmore Collection, Part II, Glendining Auction (London), 18-19 October 1982, lot 424 (part), ticket
Bt Spink (London) February 1983.

Owner’s ticket.

The 4 and 2 anna pieces were struck in May and June 1808 to serve as fractions of the rupee in the Northern Circars, in lieu of the Madras double and single fanams recommended by the Currency Committee the previous year