Baldwin's of St. James's
Auction 38 26 Sep 2019
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India, East India Company, Madras Presidency, gold 'star' pagoda, undated (c. 1740-1807), Vishnu standing, rev. 5-pointed star over granulated field (KM.303; Pr.9; Fr.1578), well-centred, extremely fine
Sold with old collector's descriptive envelope (possibly in the hand of Fred Baldwin), 'used freely in the days of the Early Indo-Cape Trade ... These coins have frequently been washed ashore from the wreck of the Grosvenor and other sunken merchantmen'. The envelope is twice priced, 16/6 and 28/6. The East Indiaman Grosvenor was wrecked on 4 August 1782 on the Pondoland coast of South Africa, north of the mouth of the Umzimvubu River.
(120-150 GBP)
Sold with old collector's descriptive envelope (possibly in the hand of Fred Baldwin), 'used freely in the days of the Early Indo-Cape Trade ... These coins have frequently been washed ashore from the wreck of the Grosvenor and other sunken merchantmen'. The envelope is twice priced, 16/6 and 28/6. The East Indiaman Grosvenor was wrecked on 4 August 1782 on the Pondoland coast of South Africa, north of the mouth of the Umzimvubu River.
(120-150 GBP)