The Puddester Collection (Part I)

East India Company, Bengal Presidency, Calcutta Mint: 19 Sun Sicca coinage, silver Rupees (3), in the name of ‘Shah ‘Alam II (1173-1221h/1759-1806), 1193h, frozen regnal yr 19 [1779-80], naming Murshidabad, sikka zad bar haft kishwar saya fazl ilah hami din muhammad shah alam badshah [defender of the religion of Muhammad, Shah ‘Alam emperor, shadow of the divine favour, put his stamp on the seven climes], crescent at left, rev. zarb murshidabad sanah 19 julus maimanat manus [struck at Murshidabad in the 19th year of his reign of tranquil prosperity], 11.57g/12h (Prid. 137 [not in Sale]; Stevens 2.169; KM. 84.2); 1194h, frozen regnal yr 19 [1780], similar, 11.62g/4h (Prid. 138 [not in Sale]; Stevens 2.170; Stevens website 1365, first coin illustrated; KM. 84.2); 1195h, frozen regnal yr 19 [1780-1], similar, 11.57g/5h (Prid. 139 [not in Sale]; Stevens 2.171; KM. 84.2) [3]. First good fine, second fine, last very fine, all rare
£100-£150

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

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First Format (Birmingham, UK) FPL 12, November 1980 (9300)
Second D. Fore Collection, Part III, Baldwin Auction 84 (London), 25-6 September 2013, lot 1818 (part).

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