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E.I.C. Bengal Presidency
East India Company, Bengal Presidency, Calcutta Mint: Second milled issue, gold Half-Mohur in the name of 'Shah 'Alam II (1173-1221h/1759-1806), frozen year 1202h and regnal yr 19 [1793-1818], naming Murshidabad, sikka zad bar haft kishwar saya fazl ilah hami din muhammad shah alam badshah [defender of the religion of Muhammad, Shah 'Alam emperor, shadow of the divine favour, put his stamp on the seven climes], triangle of pellets in top line and no secret privy marks in lower line, rev. zarb murshidabad sanah 19 julus maimanat manus [struck at Murshidabad in the 19th year of his reign of tranquil prosperity], edge grained right, 6.15g/12h (Prid. 63 [Sale, lot 578]; Stevens 4.5; KM. 101; F 1538). Good very fine, red tone, scarce [certified and graded NGC AU 58] £400-£500
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Provenance: SNC (London) November 1980 (9423), ticket.
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East India Company, Bengal Presidency, Calcutta Mint: Second milled issue, gold Half-Mohur in the name of 'Shah 'Alam II (1173-1221h/1759-1806), frozen year 1202h and regnal yr 19 [1793-1818], naming Murshidabad, sikka zad bar haft kishwar saya fazl ilah hami din muhammad shah alam badshah [defender of the religion of Muhammad, Shah 'Alam emperor, shadow of the divine favour, put his stamp on the seven climes], triangle of pellets in top line and no secret privy marks in lower line, rev. zarb murshidabad sanah 19 julus maimanat manus [struck at Murshidabad in the 19th year of his reign of tranquil prosperity], edge grained right, 6.15g/12h (Prid. 63 [Sale, lot 578]; Stevens 4.5; KM. 101; F 1538). Good very fine, red tone, scarce [certified and graded NGC AU 58] £400-£500
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Provenance: SNC (London) November 1980 (9423), ticket.
Owner's envelope