The Puddester Collection (Part I)

East India Company, Bombay Presidency, Later coinages: Stewart’s machinery, copper Pattern Quarter-Anna, 1820/1235h, unsigned, arms and supporters, east india company around, date below, rev. scales, adil [Justice] between pans, 1235 below, edge plain, 6.29g/6h (Prid. – [not in Sale]; Stevens 4.1; KM. Pn11). Extremely fine with a hint of original colour, extremely rare, perhaps less than 10 specimens known, of which this is one of the finest [certified and graded NGC AU 58 BN] £1,500-£2,000

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

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A Small Group of the Bombay Presidency Pattern and Regular Copper Coinage, Bonhams Auction (London), 26 March 1997, lot 420 (part)
Bt R. Weir (Unionville, ONT), holder.

Owner’s ticket.

Most of the extant specimens derive from the 1997 Bonhams auction, although a coin which surfaced on the Indian market in 2012 and 2018 is not believed to have come from that source