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E.I.C. Madras Presidency
East India Company, Madras Presidency, Reformation 1807-18, gold Two Pagodas, second issue, type I/II, seven-tiered Gopuram of a temple flanked by 9 stars either side, surrounded by oval buckled garter inscribed two · pagodas ·, do hun [Two hun], peak of Gopuram points between g and o in pagoda, rev. Vishnu holding sword, rising from a lotus flower, surrounded by three concentric circles of pellets, within ribbon inscribed in Tamil and Telugu, · 2 vara kun/2 vara hun [2 hun], no pellet in Telugu legend, 5.92g/12h (Prid. 146 [Sale, lot 361]; Stevens website 3.18C, this coin; KM. 358; F 1582). Edge indentations on obverse at 5 and 9 o'clock, otherwise virtually as struck, considerable mint bloom, rare [certified and graded NGC MS 65] £1,200-£1,500
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Provenance: SNC (London) February 1982 (726), ticket.
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East India Company, Madras Presidency, Reformation 1807-18, gold Two Pagodas, second issue, type I/II, seven-tiered Gopuram of a temple flanked by 9 stars either side, surrounded by oval buckled garter inscribed two · pagodas ·, do hun [Two hun], peak of Gopuram points between g and o in pagoda, rev. Vishnu holding sword, rising from a lotus flower, surrounded by three concentric circles of pellets, within ribbon inscribed in Tamil and Telugu, · 2 vara kun/2 vara hun [2 hun], no pellet in Telugu legend, 5.92g/12h (Prid. 146 [Sale, lot 361]; Stevens website 3.18C, this coin; KM. 358; F 1582). Edge indentations on obverse at 5 and 9 o'clock, otherwise virtually as struck, considerable mint bloom, rare [certified and graded NGC MS 65] £1,200-£1,500
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Provenance: SNC (London) February 1982 (726), ticket.
Owner's ticket and envelope