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E.I.C. Madras Presidency
East India Company, Madras Presidency, Northern Circars: European style coinages, Soho, copper mule Half-Dub or Ninety-Sixth Rupee, 1797, arms and supporters, united east india co[m] on scroll, ns normal, lion supporters full face, auspicio regis et senatus angliæ [By the authority of the King and Parliament of England] around and close to sunken panel below as on the 1794 coins, 96 to one rupee, rev. balemark, united east india company around, edge english united east india company, 7.05g/7h (Prid. – [319 obv./323 rev.; not in Sale]; Stevens 5.185, this coin cited; KM. –). Extremely fine, sharp rims, exceptionally rare, perhaps the only known specimen [certified and graded NGC MS 62 BN] £500-£700
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Provenance: Format (Birmingham, UK) FPL 56, September 1997 (2627), envelope.
Owner's ticket and envelope.
This coin is listed twice by Stevens (5.185 and 5.191); the latter reference should be ignored as it cites catalogue numbers for dubs
East India Company, Madras Presidency, Northern Circars: European style coinages, Soho, copper mule Half-Dub or Ninety-Sixth Rupee, 1797, arms and supporters, united east india co[m] on scroll, ns normal, lion supporters full face, auspicio regis et senatus angliæ [By the authority of the King and Parliament of England] around and close to sunken panel below as on the 1794 coins, 96 to one rupee, rev. balemark, united east india company around, edge english united east india company, 7.05g/7h (Prid. – [319 obv./323 rev.; not in Sale]; Stevens 5.185, this coin cited; KM. –). Extremely fine, sharp rims, exceptionally rare, perhaps the only known specimen [certified and graded NGC MS 62 BN] £500-£700
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Provenance: Format (Birmingham, UK) FPL 56, September 1997 (2627), envelope.
Owner's ticket and envelope.
This coin is listed twice by Stevens (5.185 and 5.191); the latter reference should be ignored as it cites catalogue numbers for dubs