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Auction 49 15 Jan 2020
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East India Company, Regal Coinage, William IV (1830-1837). Pattern Silver ½ Rupee, 1835. Bombay. (SW 1.5). Once lacquered, hairlines. In NGC holder graded PF 62. Extremely rare. Value $30,000 - UP
As there were no working dies from Calcutta, a Bombay mint engraver, whose surname was Merlen, made Rupee and ½ Rupee dies, and one or two examples of each coin were struck with these dies. They were not accepted as a possible design for circulation coins and are thus today quite rare.
Ex David Fore Collection, Baldwin's Auction 82, London, May 31, 2013, lot 781.
East India Company, Regal Coinage, William IV (1830-1837). Pattern Silver ½ Rupee, 1835. Bombay. (SW 1.5). Once lacquered, hairlines. In NGC holder graded PF 62. Extremely rare. Value $30,000 - UP
As there were no working dies from Calcutta, a Bombay mint engraver, whose surname was Merlen, made Rupee and ½ Rupee dies, and one or two examples of each coin were struck with these dies. They were not accepted as a possible design for circulation coins and are thus today quite rare.
Ex David Fore Collection, Baldwin's Auction 82, London, May 31, 2013, lot 781.