The Uniform Coinage of India, East India Company, William IV, gold Mohur, 1835, Calcutta, bust left, rs [Robert Saunders] on truncation, william iiii , king . and date with stop to right, rev. lion walking left, palm-tree behind, east india company above, one mohur, yek ashrafi in exergue, edge grained, 11.66g/12h (Prid. 9 [Sale, lot 5]; SW 1.9; KM. 451.2; F 1593; cf. Fore III, 2453). Light scratches from edge to rear of truncation and behind lion’s left leg, otherwise good very fine, rare £4,000-£5,000

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

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Taisei/Baldwin/Gillio Auction 27 (Singapore), 27 February 1997, lot 701, label.

Owner’s envelope.

A total of 9,133 pieces, all dated 1835, had been struck at Calcutta by the end of 1837; the coin is far more frequently encountered in commerce as a proof restrike