The Puddester Collection

The Uniform Coinage of India, British Imperial Period, Victoria, copper Half-Anna, 1862 [1863-5], type A/I, Calcutta, crowned and robed bust left, victoria queen, 4.5 panels in jabot, no v on bodice, rev. half anna above india and date, all within scroll-like wreath of Indian flora, sloping 1 in date, 31.3mm, edge plain, 12.95g/12h (Prid. 576 [Sale, lot 160]; SW 4.151; KM. 468; cf. Fore III, 2189-90). Extremely fine, a little original colour £500-£700

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 364, label.

Owner’s ticket and envelope.

Dies and punches for the 1862-dated half-annas were made available for use at Calcutta and Madras in February 1863, and at Bombay from July 1863. When the new copper mint at Calcutta commenced production in 1865, new dies, depicting modifications to Victoria’s bust and the reverse wreath, were sunk (Prid. 581; not represented in this collection)