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E.I.C. Bengal Presidency
East India Company, Bengal Presidency, Calcutta Mint: 19 Sun Sicca coinage, silver Rupees (3), in the name of 'Shah 'Alam II (1173-1221h/1759-1806), 1191h, yr 19 [May 1777-January 1778], 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], crescent at left, rev. zarb murshidabad sanah 19 julus maimanat manus [struck at Murshidabad in the 19th year of his reign of tranquil prosperity], 11.55g/6h (Prid. 135b [not in Sale]; Stevens 2.167; KM. 84.2); 1192h, frozen regnal yr 19 [1778-9], similar, 11.61g/2h (Prid. 136 [not in Sale]; Stevens 2.168; Stevens website 1363, first coin illustrated; KM. 84.2); 1193h, frozen regnal yr 19 [1779-80], similar, 11.57g/5h (Prid. 137 [not in Sale]; Stevens 2.169; KM. 84.2) [3]. First fine, second good fine, last very fine, all rare £100-£150
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Provenance: First D. Fore Collection, Part III, Baldwin Auction 84 (London), 25-6 September 2013, lot 1818 (part)
Second D. Fore Collection, Part III, Baldwin Auction 84 (London), 25-6 September 2013, lot 1818 (part).
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East India Company, Bengal Presidency, Calcutta Mint: 19 Sun Sicca coinage, silver Rupees (3), in the name of 'Shah 'Alam II (1173-1221h/1759-1806), 1191h, yr 19 [May 1777-January 1778], 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], crescent at left, rev. zarb murshidabad sanah 19 julus maimanat manus [struck at Murshidabad in the 19th year of his reign of tranquil prosperity], 11.55g/6h (Prid. 135b [not in Sale]; Stevens 2.167; KM. 84.2); 1192h, frozen regnal yr 19 [1778-9], similar, 11.61g/2h (Prid. 136 [not in Sale]; Stevens 2.168; Stevens website 1363, first coin illustrated; KM. 84.2); 1193h, frozen regnal yr 19 [1779-80], similar, 11.57g/5h (Prid. 137 [not in Sale]; Stevens 2.169; KM. 84.2) [3]. First fine, second good fine, last very fine, all rare £100-£150
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Provenance: First D. Fore Collection, Part III, Baldwin Auction 84 (London), 25-6 September 2013, lot 1818 (part)
Second D. Fore Collection, Part III, Baldwin Auction 84 (London), 25-6 September 2013, lot 1818 (part).
Owner's tickets and envelopes