The Puddester Collection

The Uniform Coinage of India, British Imperial Period, Victoria, silver Rupee, 1901c [1901-2], type C3/I, Calcutta, crowned and robed bust left, victoria empress, 3.5 panels in jabot, no v on bodice, no crescent at point of shoulder, two long strands of hair at nape of neck, rev. one rupee above india and date, all within scroll-like wreath of Indian flora, incuse c on whorl in lowest floral ornament, top flower with curved spikes, leaf arrangement at lower left with five leaves, edge grained, 11.66g/12h (Prid. 139 [Sale, lot 125]; SW 6.159; KM. 492; cf. Fore III, 2421). Brilliant mint state, full mint bloom £90-£120

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

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Because of issues involving extensive criticism of new designs for India’s Edward VII coins between the spring of 1901 and the summer of 1902, all rupees struck in 1901 and 1902 bear the frozen date 1901 and the head of Queen Victoria