The Puddester Collection

The Uniform Coinage of India, East India Company, Victoria, original silver Proof mule Rupee, 1840 [1850], type II [A/II], Calcutta or Bombay, bust left, ww [William Wyon] on truncation, victoria queen divided, rev. one rupee, yek rupiya surrounded by laurel wreath with 25 berries, date below, no shaded lines on ribbon bow, edge grained, 11.68g/12h (Prid. 63 [Sale, lot 31]; SW 3.35; KM. 458.10; cf. Fore I, 596). Brilliant mint state, superbly toned, very rare £2,000-£2,600

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

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Spink/Taisei Auction 2 (Singapore), 11 February 1988, lot 448, recté Prid. 63
Sir John Wheeler Collection, Baldwin Auction 22 (London), 2 May 2000, lot 212, recté Prid. 63.

Owner’s ticket and envelope.

This and the next coin were struck from the originally 1849-dated reverse die by Wyon in its later [1840-dated] guise (Prid. 64-5), but the mint responsible is not known; Pridmore (p.31) favoured Calcutta, while Randy Weir (Fore I, 596), preferred Bombay