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E.I.C. Bengal Presidency
East India Company, Bengal Presidency, Benares Mint: Fourth phase, silver Trial or Proof Pattern Quarter-Rupee in the name of 'Shah 'Alam II (1173-1221h/1759-1806), 1229h, frozen yrs 17/49 [1815], unsigned, sikka shah alam badshah ghazi [coin of Shah 'Alam the victorious emperor], outline fish symbol, rev. zarb banaras sanah 49 [struck at Benares in the 49th year], struck from unfinished dies, edge grained left, 17mm, 2.84g/12h (Prid. 293 [Sale, lot 649]; Stevens 7.144; KM. Pn1.1). Brilliant and virtually as struck, attractively toned, extremely rare [certified and graded NGC PF 67] £2,000-£2,600
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Provenance: R.J. Ford (Detroit, MI) Collection
SNC (London) April 1982 (3317), ticket.
Owner's ticket
East India Company, Bengal Presidency, Benares Mint: Fourth phase, silver Trial or Proof Pattern Quarter-Rupee in the name of 'Shah 'Alam II (1173-1221h/1759-1806), 1229h, frozen yrs 17/49 [1815], unsigned, sikka shah alam badshah ghazi [coin of Shah 'Alam the victorious emperor], outline fish symbol, rev. zarb banaras sanah 49 [struck at Benares in the 49th year], struck from unfinished dies, edge grained left, 17mm, 2.84g/12h (Prid. 293 [Sale, lot 649]; Stevens 7.144; KM. Pn1.1). Brilliant and virtually as struck, attractively toned, extremely rare [certified and graded NGC PF 67] £2,000-£2,600
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Provenance: R.J. Ford (Detroit, MI) Collection
SNC (London) April 1982 (3317), ticket.
Owner's ticket