The Uniform Coinage of India, East India Company, William IV, original Proof Mohur, 1835 [1836], Calcutta, in copper, bust left, f [William Forbes] on truncation, william iiii , king . and date with traces of stop to right, rev. lion walking left, palm-tree behind, east india company above, one mohur, yek ashrafi in exergue, edge grained, 6.08g/12h (Prid. 16 [Sale, lot 7, this coin]; SW 1.15, this coin cited; KM. 451b; cf. Fore II, 850). Lacquered in the past, otherwise brilliant and virtually as struck, exceptionally rare; only one other noted in commerce in recent years £2,000-£3,000

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

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King Farouk Collection, Sotheby Auction (Cairo), 24 February-6 March 1954, lot 2382 (part)
F. Pridmore Collection, Part III, Glendining Auction (London), 17 October 1983, lot 7 [acquired April 1973], recté Farouk 2382, ticket.

Owner’s envelope and record card.

William Nairn Forbes (1796-1855) succeeded Robert Saunders as Mint Master at Calcutta in January 1836; due to ill-health he retired in April 1855 but died at sea on 1 May while on his return voyage to England