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E.I.C. Bombay Presidency
East India Company, Bombay Presidency, Early coinages: English design, copper Double-Pice in the name of George III (1760-1820), Balemark type, [17]83, balemark, rev. crown dividing [g r, b]omb below, 10.30g/1h (Prid. 109 [Sale, lot 471]; Stevens 2.114; KM. 189 [date not listed]). About very fine, of seemingly good style and weight, extremely rare, very few specimens known, only one (British Museum) in Snartt survey
£300-£400
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Provenance: SNC (London) May 1980 (3802)
SNC (London) February 1982 (761), ticket.
Owner's ticket.
Pridmore suspected all dates of this issue other than 1773 to be forgeries due to light weight and crude style; however, two other specimens seen are of full weight and reasonably competent style, as is one of 1784 (not present in this collection).
East India Company, Bombay Presidency, Early coinages: English design, copper Double-Pice in the name of George III (1760-1820), Balemark type, [17]83, balemark, rev. crown dividing [g r, b]omb below, 10.30g/1h (Prid. 109 [Sale, lot 471]; Stevens 2.114; KM. 189 [date not listed]). About very fine, of seemingly good style and weight, extremely rare, very few specimens known, only one (British Museum) in Snartt survey
£300-£400
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Provenance: SNC (London) May 1980 (3802)
SNC (London) February 1982 (761), ticket.
Owner's ticket.
Pridmore suspected all dates of this issue other than 1773 to be forgeries due to light weight and crude style; however, two other specimens seen are of full weight and reasonably competent style, as is one of 1784 (not present in this collection).