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E.I.C. Bombay Presidency
East India Company, Bombay Presidency, Early coinages: English design, silver Rupee in the name of Charles II (1070-96h/1660-85), 1678, struck in Bombay, mm. quatrefoil, [· b]y avthorit]y · of · charles · the · second around the rvpee · of bombaim, two floral ornaments below, rev. crowned royal arms, king · of · great · britaine · france · and · ireland around, edge straight-grained, 11.55g/12h (Prid. 25 [Sale, lot 451]; Stevens 1.15, this coin, recté 1.18; KM. Pn4). Struck slightly off-centre, otherwise very fine and toned, very rare £18,000-£22,000
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Provenance: SCMB (London) February 1956 (W 250)
Bt Baldwin (London) October 1985.
Owner's ticket and envelope.
Although Stevens lists this as 1.15 under London, the poor quality of strike and the rust exhibited on the reverse die suggests that Bombay is the far more likely minting place, especially as the two coins illustrated on the Stevens website as 1.18 are from the same dies as this specimen
East India Company, Bombay Presidency, Early coinages: English design, silver Rupee in the name of Charles II (1070-96h/1660-85), 1678, struck in Bombay, mm. quatrefoil, [· b]y avthorit]y · of · charles · the · second around the rvpee · of bombaim, two floral ornaments below, rev. crowned royal arms, king · of · great · britaine · france · and · ireland around, edge straight-grained, 11.55g/12h (Prid. 25 [Sale, lot 451]; Stevens 1.15, this coin, recté 1.18; KM. Pn4). Struck slightly off-centre, otherwise very fine and toned, very rare £18,000-£22,000
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Provenance: SCMB (London) February 1956 (W 250)
Bt Baldwin (London) October 1985.
Owner's ticket and envelope.
Although Stevens lists this as 1.15 under London, the poor quality of strike and the rust exhibited on the reverse die suggests that Bombay is the far more likely minting place, especially as the two coins illustrated on the Stevens website as 1.18 are from the same dies as this specimen