The Puddester Collection

The Uniform Coinage of India, British Imperial Period, Victoria, silver Rupee, 1884b, type A3/II, Bombay, crowned and robed bust left, victoria empress, 3.75 panels in jabot, left stroke of v on bodice, crescent at point of shoulder, rev. one rupee above india and date, all within scroll-like wreath of Indian flora, top flower with points up, leaf arrangement at lower left with six leaves, raised b below centre of lowest flower, no pellet below date, edge grained, 11.69g/12h (Prid. 166 [Sale, lot 127]; SW 6.78; KM. 492; cf. Fore III, 2399, recté SW 6.78). Graze below o of one, otherwise virtually as struck, considerable mint bloom, very rare £240-£300

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

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Bt Spink (London), envelope