The Puddester Collection

The Uniform Coinage of India, British Imperial Period, George V, original silver Proof Rupee, 1911, Bombay, crowned and robed bust left, b.m. [Bertram Mackennal] on truncation, elephant on decoration resembles a pig, george v king emperor, rev. one rupee india and date, yek rupiya surrounded by ornate scroll containing rose, thistle and shamrock, lotus flowers above and below, bead below lower lotus, wide flat rim, edge grained, 11.64g/12h (Prid. – [not in Sale]; SW 8.16, this coin noted; KM. 523; cf. Fore I, 666). Numerous marks in obverse field, otherwise brilliant and superbly toned with heavily frosted features and fully reflective surfaces, a stunning coin of extreme rarity, especially as an original Proof £4,000-£5,000

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

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‘Diana’ Collection, Baldwin Auction 54 (London), 6 May 2008, lot 897 [from R. Weir (Unionville, ONT) October 1998], two tickets and label.

Owner’s ticket and envelope.

See footnote to Lot 1204. The cataloguer echoes Randy Weir’s remarks about this coin in the ‘Diana’ catalogue; while original 1911 proof rupees from Calcutta are occasionally seen, those from Bombay are exceptionally rare and perhaps the piece in the Fore collection is the only other specimen to have been on the market this century