The Puddester Collection (Part I)

East India Company, Bombay Presidency, Southern Concan, copper Half-Anna, 1820, Bankot, balemark with deformed letters, date below, rev. scales, nim anna [Half anna] in centre, Hindi date below, 15.35g/5h (Prid. 322 [not in Sale]; Stevens 6.46; Stevens website image 1024, this coin; KM. 228). An excellent bold strike and well-centred, about extremely fine and attractively patinated, extremely rare, none in Snartt survey [certified and graded NGC XF 45 BN] £800-£1,000

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

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P.J.E. Stevens Collection, Part V, Horizon Auction I (London), 2 October 2016, lot 147, label.

Owner’s ticket.

In July 1820 the government at Bombay reacted to a shortage of copper coin in the newly-acquired collectorate known as the Southern Concan, the headquarters of which were located at Bankot (Fort Victoria). Plans to issue coins in three denominations were approved in October 1820 and the first delivery made in May 1821, although issues dated 1820 are all of considerable rarity