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E.I.C. Bombay Presidency
Possibly the finest extant copper Pice of the first issue of George II
East India Company, Bombay Presidency, Early coinages: English design, copper Pice in the name of George II (1727-60), GR type, 1728, crown dividing g r, bomb below, rev. [a]vspici[o regis et [s]enatus angliæ [Under the patronage of the King and Parliament of England] in four lines, floral ornament above, 9.26g/9h (Prid. 104 [Sale, lot 469]; Stevens 2.104; KM. 150). Very fine and exceptionally rare with a clear date, almost certainly the finest copper Pice of this type in private hands £700-£900
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Provenance: Baldwin Auction 35 (London), 13-15 October 2003, lot 1723.
Owner's ticket and envelope.
The copper pice of this type are so rare and for the most part so ill-struck that it was not until 1985, and the publication of another specimen by Paul Stevens (SCMB September 1985, p.279: Stevens p.234: Stevens website image 739, first coin), that dates other than that for the reduced weight issue of 1749 could be confirmed
Possibly the finest extant copper Pice of the first issue of George II
East India Company, Bombay Presidency, Early coinages: English design, copper Pice in the name of George II (1727-60), GR type, 1728, crown dividing g r, bomb below, rev. [a]vspici[o regis et [s]enatus angliæ [Under the patronage of the King and Parliament of England] in four lines, floral ornament above, 9.26g/9h (Prid. 104 [Sale, lot 469]; Stevens 2.104; KM. 150). Very fine and exceptionally rare with a clear date, almost certainly the finest copper Pice of this type in private hands £700-£900
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Provenance: Baldwin Auction 35 (London), 13-15 October 2003, lot 1723.
Owner's ticket and envelope.
The copper pice of this type are so rare and for the most part so ill-struck that it was not until 1985, and the publication of another specimen by Paul Stevens (SCMB September 1985, p.279: Stevens p.234: Stevens website image 739, first coin), that dates other than that for the reduced weight issue of 1749 could be confirmed