Baldwin's of St. James's
Auction 38 26 Sep 2019
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India, Edward VII, Bombay, Duncan, Stratton & Co, a pair of bronze coining trials or proving pieces for rupee and half-rupee, by Greenwood & Batley Ltd., Leeds, G & B monogram, rev. tiger, 30.5 & 24mm. (Bullmore, SNC 1979, p.439, nos. 5, 6), the first very fine, the second mint state and with much redness (2)
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, in 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 second ex Lockdale Auction 95, lot 1921
ex Paul Hayward Collection
(150-200 GBP)
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, in 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 second ex Lockdale Auction 95, lot 1921
ex Paul Hayward Collection
(150-200 GBP)