The Puddester Collection

The Uniform Coinage of India, British Imperial Period, Victoria, original silver Proof Rupee, 1862 [1863], type F/IV [Prid. A/I], Calcutta, crowned and robed bust left, victoria queen, 3.75 panels in jabot, v on bodice at centre, round pearls in crown with single line curves, crescent at point of shoulder, rev. one rupee above india and date, all within scroll-like wreath of Indian flora, top flower with square points, plain cone below top flower, bud cone above one, no cone by last e of rupee, edge grained, 11.64g/12h (Prid. 61 [Sale, lot 234]; SW 4.47; KM. 473.1). Minor hairlines in obverse field, otherwise brilliant and virtually as struck, dark reflective tone, very rare £1,200-£1,500

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

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Bt Format (Birmingham, UK), envelope.

From an obverse die by the Swiss engraver Johannes Lutz, who became head engraver at Calcutta in 1863; Lutz used original Wyon punches