The Puddester Collection

The Uniform Coinage of India, British Imperial Period: Princely States, DEWAS, Junior Branch, Victoria [Narayan Rao (1864-92)], original copper Proof Twelfth-Anna, 1888, Calcutta, crowned and robed bust left, victoria empress, 4 panels in jabot, inverted v on bodice, rev. 1/12 anna dewas state j.b. india and date, all within scroll-like wreath of Indian flora, edge plain, 2.09g/12h (Prid. 1024 [Sale, lot 189]; Stevens website DJ 16; KM. 1; cf. Baldwin 71, 1561). Brilliant FDC, extremely rare as an original Proof £1,000-£1,500

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

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Bt R. Weir (Unionville, ONT) September 1997.

Owner’s ticket and envelope