The Puddester Collection (Part I)

East India Company, Bombay Presidency, European minting, 1804 Soho, copper Double-Pice, 1804, a mule of two obvs., arms and supporters, east india company above, date below, rev. similar, edge plain, 10.99g/6h (Prid. 197 [Sale, lot 493]; Stevens 8.56; KM. Pn6). Good extremely fine, original colour, extremely rare and one of the finest known £900-£1,200

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

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SNC (London) December 1979 (11567), ticket.

Owner’s ticket.

The lettering on some of these mules is weak (cf. Pridmore lot 493; Heritage 3021, lot 22113), perhaps suggesting a later Soho striking, but on others, including the present specimen and that in the British Museum (ex Clarke-Thornhill 1935-4-1-12248), legend and definition is much better. These mules occur with die-axes at 6h and 12h