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Triton XIX Sessions 3 & 4 - Adams Collection 6 January 2016
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INDIA, Colonial. British India. Bengal Presidency. 1651-1835. Proof AV Pattern 'Half Pice' (22mm, 6.30 g, 3h). Calcutta mint. Dated 1809. HALF PIE, coat-of-arms of the East India Company with lion supporters; 1809 (date) below banner / Ād pāī sikka (half pice coin) in Bengali above, Ādha pāī sikkā (half pice coin) in Hindi below, nīm pāī sikka (half pice coin) in Persian; small eight-rayed stars separating Bengali and Hindi legends. Pridmore 392; KM Pn22c; Friedberg –. Proof, mirror fields, a few light hairlines. A superb original off-metal strike in gold. Extremely rare, none on CoinArchives.
From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams. Ex Spink 55 (8 October 1986), lot 680.
From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams. Ex Spink 55 (8 October 1986), lot 680.