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E.I.C. Bombay Presidency
A superb machine-struck Pattern Rupee, 1832
East India Company, Bombay Presidency, Later coinages: Moghul style, silver Pattern Rupee, Bombay [but naming Surat], 1832, machine-struck issue, unsigned, in the name of Shah 'Alam II (1173-1221h/1759-1806), 1215h, frozen regnal year 46, sikka mubarak badshah ghazi shah alam [The auspicious coin of the victorious emperor Shah Alam], rev. zarb surat sanah 46 julus maimanat manus [Struck at Surat in the 46th year of tranquil prosperity], rosettes of seven pellets flanking the loop of julus, edge plain, 11.88g/6h (Prid. 332 var. [Sale, lot 557, same dies]; Stevens 5.6 var.; Fore II, 938, same dies [recté Prid. 332 var.]; KM. Pn21 var.). Brilliant FDC, toned, extremely rare [certified and graded NGC PF 64] £2,400-£3,000
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Provenance: SNC (London) February 1982 (784), ticket, together with an identification ticket in the hand of Fred Pridmore.
Owner's ticket and envelope.
At least three variants of ornamentation occur on the reverses of these patterns in the area flanking the loop of julus
A superb machine-struck Pattern Rupee, 1832
East India Company, Bombay Presidency, Later coinages: Moghul style, silver Pattern Rupee, Bombay [but naming Surat], 1832, machine-struck issue, unsigned, in the name of Shah 'Alam II (1173-1221h/1759-1806), 1215h, frozen regnal year 46, sikka mubarak badshah ghazi shah alam [The auspicious coin of the victorious emperor Shah Alam], rev. zarb surat sanah 46 julus maimanat manus [Struck at Surat in the 46th year of tranquil prosperity], rosettes of seven pellets flanking the loop of julus, edge plain, 11.88g/6h (Prid. 332 var. [Sale, lot 557, same dies]; Stevens 5.6 var.; Fore II, 938, same dies [recté Prid. 332 var.]; KM. Pn21 var.). Brilliant FDC, toned, extremely rare [certified and graded NGC PF 64] £2,400-£3,000
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Provenance: SNC (London) February 1982 (784), ticket, together with an identification ticket in the hand of Fred Pridmore.
Owner's ticket and envelope.
At least three variants of ornamentation occur on the reverses of these patterns in the area flanking the loop of julus