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E.I.C. Madras Presidency
East India Company, Madras Presidency, Benkulen, Fort York [Madras] mint, copper Cash, Second issue, c. 1694/5, balemark, rev. angriz kampani [English company], 3.30g/1h (Prid. Sumatra 5 [Sale, lot 206]; Stevens 6.7; Pridmore, SNC November 1974, p.430, no.5; KM. Benculen 1). Very fine and well-centred, scarce [certified and graded NGC XF 40 BN] £150-£200
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Provenance: C.E. Pitchfork Collection, Part III, Noble Numismatics Auction 48 (Melbourne), 11-13 July 1995, lot 1983
R.A. Climpson Collection, Noble Numismatics Auction 85B (Melbourne), 25 July 2007, lot 1985.
Two owner's tickets.
A settlement was established by the Company at Benkulen, on the island of Sumatra, in 1685, which at the time formed part of the Madras presidency. Silver and copper coins were produced at Fort York for the settlement between October 1687 and April 1695
East India Company, Madras Presidency, Benkulen, Fort York [Madras] mint, copper Cash, Second issue, c. 1694/5, balemark, rev. angriz kampani [English company], 3.30g/1h (Prid. Sumatra 5 [Sale, lot 206]; Stevens 6.7; Pridmore, SNC November 1974, p.430, no.5; KM. Benculen 1). Very fine and well-centred, scarce [certified and graded NGC XF 40 BN] £150-£200
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Provenance: C.E. Pitchfork Collection, Part III, Noble Numismatics Auction 48 (Melbourne), 11-13 July 1995, lot 1983
R.A. Climpson Collection, Noble Numismatics Auction 85B (Melbourne), 25 July 2007, lot 1985.
Two owner's tickets.
A settlement was established by the Company at Benkulen, on the island of Sumatra, in 1685, which at the time formed part of the Madras presidency. Silver and copper coins were produced at Fort York for the settlement between October 1687 and April 1695