The Puddester Collection

The Uniform Coinage of India, East India Company, William IV, original silver Proof Half-Rupee, 1835 [1836-40], type C/III, Calcutta, bust left, f raised [William Forbes] on truncation, william iiii , king ., rev. half rupee, hasht ana surrounded by laurel wreath with 19 berries, east india company around, date below with stop to right, edge grained, 5.83g/12h (Prid. – [not in Sale]; SW 1.59; KM. 449.2; cf. Fore I, 517 [= SJA 52, 3261]). Brilliant mint state, fully reflective surfaces, attractively toned, extremely rare as an original Proof £2,000-£2,600

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

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Taisei/Baldwin/Gillio Auction 20 (Singapore), 23 February 1995, lot 573.

Owner’s envelope.

The Fore coin, though described by Randy Weir as an original Proof, an opinion shared by the present cataloguer, has since been classified as an ‘early restrike’ by NGC which, if true, considerably enhances the desirability of the present piece