Baldwin's of St. James's
Auction 35 25 Jun 2019
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India, Edward VII, Bombay, Duncan, Stratton and Co, a complete set of bronze coining trial or proving pieces (4), for a rupee, half-rupee, quarter-rupee and 2-annas, by Greenwood & Batley Ltd, Leeds, G & B monogram, rev. tiger, 30mm (Bullmore, SNC 1979, p.439, nos. 5-7), the quarter-rupee not certified, but matching other coins, these certified and graded by NGC as Mint State 62 Brown, 63 Red Brown and 62 Red Brown, the quarter-rupee extremely rare (4)
*Three ex. David Vice Collection, Heritage Auction 3044 (lot 30254); quarter-rupee ex Lockdale Auction 95 (lot 1920)
印度。孟買、鄧肯、斯特拉頓公司1盧比、半盧比、1/4盧比、2 Annas銅幣。一套完整的的試驗幣四枚。 NGC MS-62 Brown, 63 Red Brown, 62 Red Brown.
The Leeds firm of Greenwood & Batley, founded in 1856, supplied coining presses and associated machinery to a number of foreign mints. In February 1905 their agents in India, Duncan, Stratton & Co. of Bombay, ordered six coining presses at £275 each on behalf of H.H. The Nizam of Hyderabad's mint. These were delivered in February 1906. The proving pieces struck from the new machinery were ostensibly to the size and weight of the rupee, half, quarter and eighth-rupee denominations. Paul Hayward believed that, in 30 years of collecting, the coin now his was the only specimen of the quarter-rupee he had encountered. However, by some curious chance, four others have appeared in recent auctions: Heritage, 16 January 2018 (lot 35156); DNW, 14 November 2018 (lot 1744 – 2 examples); and Stephen Album, 17 January 2019 (lot 1663).
The 1905 half-rupee is one of only two examples graded MS63 Red Brown by NGC, The 1905 rupee is the only example graded MS62 Red Brown by NGC, while the 1905 2-annas is the only example graded MS62 by NGC.
(650-850)
*Three ex. David Vice Collection, Heritage Auction 3044 (lot 30254); quarter-rupee ex Lockdale Auction 95 (lot 1920)
印度。孟買、鄧肯、斯特拉頓公司1盧比、半盧比、1/4盧比、2 Annas銅幣。一套完整的的試驗幣四枚。 NGC MS-62 Brown, 63 Red Brown, 62 Red Brown.
The Leeds firm of Greenwood & Batley, founded in 1856, supplied coining presses and associated machinery to a number of foreign mints. In February 1905 their agents in India, Duncan, Stratton & Co. of Bombay, ordered six coining presses at £275 each on behalf of H.H. The Nizam of Hyderabad's mint. These were delivered in February 1906. The proving pieces struck from the new machinery were ostensibly to the size and weight of the rupee, half, quarter and eighth-rupee denominations. Paul Hayward believed that, in 30 years of collecting, the coin now his was the only specimen of the quarter-rupee he had encountered. However, by some curious chance, four others have appeared in recent auctions: Heritage, 16 January 2018 (lot 35156); DNW, 14 November 2018 (lot 1744 – 2 examples); and Stephen Album, 17 January 2019 (lot 1663).
The 1905 half-rupee is one of only two examples graded MS63 Red Brown by NGC, The 1905 rupee is the only example graded MS62 Red Brown by NGC, while the 1905 2-annas is the only example graded MS62 by NGC.
(650-850)