The Puddester Collection

The Uniform Coinage of India, British Imperial Period, Victoria, original Pattern set, 1861, Royal Mint, London, and Calcutta, by L.C. Wyon, comprising silver Rupee, type A/II, normal younger crowned and robed bust left, victoria queen, feint l.c. wyon below truncation, single line curves in Queen’s crown, rev. one rupee above india and date, all within scroll-like wreath of Indian flora, top flower emerging from two prongs, edge plain, 11.16g/12h (Prid. 51 [Sale, lot 106]; SW 4.34; KM. Pn44; cf. Spink 15005, 156); silver Half-Rupee, type B/II, similar, no signature, pearls adjacent to centre jewel, rev. half rupee above india and date, last numeral of date distant from 6, edge plain, 5.66g/6h (Prid. 251 [Sale, lot 232]; SW 4.115; KM. Pn39; cf. Fore II, 783); silver Quarter-Rupee, similar, no signature, rev. 1/4 rupee above india and date, edge plain, 2.84g/6h (Prid. – [not in Sale]; cf. SW 4.127; cf. KM. Pn37; cf. ‘Diana’ 518); silver 2 Annas, similar, no signature, rev. two annas above india and date, edge plain, 1.43g/6h (Prid. – [not in Sale]; SW 4.141; KM. Pn35; cf. Fore II, 775); copper Half-Anna, similar, no signature, rev. half anna above india and date, edge plain, 12.95g/12h (Prid. 575 [Sale, lot 233]; SW 4.150; KM. Pn33; cf. Fore III, 2188); copper Quarter-Anna, type II, similar, no signature, rev. one quarter anna above india and date, last date numeral a Roman I, edge plain, 6.01g/12h (Prid. 597 [Sale, lot 163]; SW 4.161; KM. Pn31; cf. Fore II, 739); copper Half-Pice, similar, no signature, rev. 1/2 pice above india and date, edge plain, 3.57g/12h (Prid. 708 [Sale, lot 233]; SW 4.174; KM. –; cf. Fore II, 730); copper Twelfth-Anna, similar, no signature, rev. 1/12 anna above india and date, edge plain, 2.47g/12h (Prid. 775 [Sale, lot 233]; SW 4.182; KM. Pn28; cf. Fore II, 725) [8]. Rupee brilliant and dark-toned, other silver denominations brilliant with matching grey tone, copper with a little light spotting, the three smaller denominations with much original colour, an extremely rare set
£14,000-£18,000

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

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Sir John Wheeler Collection, Baldwin Auction 22 (London), 2 May 2000, lot 252 [from Spink (London) July 1988].

Owner’s ticket and envelopes.

The half- and quarter-rupees, and the 2 annas, are most likely Calcutta mint products; the other coins almost certainly emanate from the Royal Mint