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E.I.C. Bengal Presidency
East India Company, Bengal Presidency, European Minting, Soho, uniface copper Trial or Pattern Half-Pie, 1809, unsigned [by J. Phillp], lion rampant on crest, holding crown in forepaws, half pie above, short cable border below crest, evenly configured date in exergue, edge centre-grained left, 21mm, 4.80g (Prid. 396 [Sale, lot 697]; Stevens 10.23, this coin; Stevens website image 1897, this coin; KM. TS3). Good extremely fine with a hint of original colour, exceptionally rare [certified and graded NGC PF 64 BN] £1,200-£1,500
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Provenance: A.N. Brushfield Collection, Part V, Glendining Auction (London), 2-3 November 1949, lot 152 (part)
F. Pridmore Collection, Part II, Glendining Auction (London), 18-19 October 1982, lot 697, recté edge centre-grained left, ticket
D. Fore Collection, Part II, Baldwin Auction 82 (London), 31 May 2013, lot 864, label.
Owner's ticket and envelope.
Literature:
Illustrated in Paul Stevens, The Coins of the Bengal Presidency, p.553
Illustrated in Paul Stevens, The Coins of the English East India Company, Presidency Series: A Catalogue and Pricelist, p.190.
The interesting feature of this coin is the edge, unique in the Indian series for a Soho production, which reflects the efforts introduced by Soho in 1806 to produce British copper coins with edge graining
East India Company, Bengal Presidency, European Minting, Soho, uniface copper Trial or Pattern Half-Pie, 1809, unsigned [by J. Phillp], lion rampant on crest, holding crown in forepaws, half pie above, short cable border below crest, evenly configured date in exergue, edge centre-grained left, 21mm, 4.80g (Prid. 396 [Sale, lot 697]; Stevens 10.23, this coin; Stevens website image 1897, this coin; KM. TS3). Good extremely fine with a hint of original colour, exceptionally rare [certified and graded NGC PF 64 BN] £1,200-£1,500
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Provenance: A.N. Brushfield Collection, Part V, Glendining Auction (London), 2-3 November 1949, lot 152 (part)
F. Pridmore Collection, Part II, Glendining Auction (London), 18-19 October 1982, lot 697, recté edge centre-grained left, ticket
D. Fore Collection, Part II, Baldwin Auction 82 (London), 31 May 2013, lot 864, label.
Owner's ticket and envelope.
Literature:
Illustrated in Paul Stevens, The Coins of the Bengal Presidency, p.553
Illustrated in Paul Stevens, The Coins of the English East India Company, Presidency Series: A Catalogue and Pricelist, p.190.
The interesting feature of this coin is the edge, unique in the Indian series for a Soho production, which reflects the efforts introduced by Soho in 1806 to produce British copper coins with edge graining