The Puddester Collection

East India Company, Bengal Presidency, Calcutta Mint: 19 Sun Sicca coinage, silver Quarter-Rupee in the name of ‘Shah ‘Alam II (1173-1221h/1759-1806), 1199h, frozen regnal yr 19 [1784-5], 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], 2.88g/10h (Prid. 150 [Sale, lots 601, 605-6]; Stevens 2.188 for type; KM. 82.3). About very fine, extremely rare with full date £300-£400

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

View
Collection

Format (Birmingham, UK) FPL 45, March 1992 (2152).

Owner’s ticket and envelope.

Only one other quarter-rupee of this coinage noted with a full hejira date, in this case 1192h (Stevens website, image 1381, fourth coin)