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E.I.C. Madras Presidency
East India Company, Madras Presidency, Reformation 1807-18, Madras minting, copper 20 Cash, 1807-8 issue (2), type B/II, in bist kas ast [This is twenty cash], legend in three lines, central ornament flanked by three pellets and a short line either side, xx · cash below, rev. idi iravai kasulu idu irubadu kasu [This is twenty cash], Tamil and Telugu legends divided by single pellet, first and third Tamil letters modified, 9.17g/12h (Prid. 222 var. [Sale, lot 396]; cf. Stevens 3.296; KM. 328); type –/II, similar, but no apparent pellet between xx and cash, Tamil and Telugu legends undivided, 8.98g/12h (cf. Prid. 222 [Sale, lot 396]; Stevens –; KM. 328) [2]. Fine and better, both rare variants
£120-£150
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Provenance: First bt R. Weir (Unionville, ONT) May 1999, ticket.
First with owner's ticket, second with owner's envelope
East India Company, Madras Presidency, Reformation 1807-18, Madras minting, copper 20 Cash, 1807-8 issue (2), type B/II, in bist kas ast [This is twenty cash], legend in three lines, central ornament flanked by three pellets and a short line either side, xx · cash below, rev. idi iravai kasulu idu irubadu kasu [This is twenty cash], Tamil and Telugu legends divided by single pellet, first and third Tamil letters modified, 9.17g/12h (Prid. 222 var. [Sale, lot 396]; cf. Stevens 3.296; KM. 328); type –/II, similar, but no apparent pellet between xx and cash, Tamil and Telugu legends undivided, 8.98g/12h (cf. Prid. 222 [Sale, lot 396]; Stevens –; KM. 328) [2]. Fine and better, both rare variants
£120-£150
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Provenance: First bt R. Weir (Unionville, ONT) May 1999, ticket.
First with owner's ticket, second with owner's envelope