E.I.C. Madras Presidency
East India Company, Madras Presidency, Early coinages, copper Half-Dudu or 5 Cash, first issue, 1705, balemark incorporating cce, rev. date in two lines, 3.46g/8h (Prid. 70 [not in Sale]; Stevens 1.74; KM. 290). Metal fault on obverse at 10 o'clock, otherwise very fine and extremely rare, only one specimen recorded by Snartt, two depicted on the Stevens website £150-£200
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Provenance: K. Wiggins Collection, Baldwin Auction 25 (London), 8 May 2001, lot 564 (part), ticket.
Owner's ticket