The Puddester Collection (Part I)

East India Company, Madras Presidency, Early coinages, copper Dudu or 10 Cash, first issue, 1748, Fort St David, balemark incorporating cce, rev. date between wavy lines, 8.51g/11h (Prid. 41 [Sale, lot 354]; Stevens 5.4; KM. 291). Very fine and very rare; only one specimen (the following lot) recorded by Snartt, three depicted on the Stevens website £80-£100

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

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Bt A. Szego (Jackson Heights, NY) April 1981.

Owner’s ticket.

Struck during the French occupation of Madras