The Puddester Collection

The Uniform Coinage of India, British Imperial Period, Victoria, silver Rupee, 1862 [1873-4], type H/II [Prid. A/II, 1/1], Bombay, crowned and robed bust left, victoria queen, 3.75 panels in jabot, no v or crescent on bodice, elongated pearls in crown with single line curves, rev. one rupee above india and date, all within scroll-like wreath of Indian flora, single pellet above n of one, single pellet over traces of 10 pellets around lowest flower, top flower with points up, plain cone below, bud cone above one, no cone by last e of rupee, edge grained, 11.68g/12h (Prid. 99 [Sale, lot 115]; SW 4.92; KM. 473.1). Good very fine, scarce £90-£120

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

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Owner’s envelope.

The reverse die was originally used in 1872-3