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Auction 268  8-9 Feb 2023
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Estimate: 150 GBP
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E.I.C. Bengal Presidency

East India Company, Bengal Presidency, A jeweller's copy of a Murshidabad gold Quarter-Mohur, yr 19, un-named issuer, Galatahbad Hindustan, edge grained right, 2.90g/12h (Mitchiner IMT 267, this coin illustrated). Brilliant mint state £150-£180

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Provenance: 'Skanda' (L.B. Brilliant) Collection, Spink/Taisei Auction 9 (Singapore), 20 February 1991, lot 659.

Owner's ticket.

Literature:
Illustrated in Michael Mitchiner, Indian Medals, Tokens, Pictorial Plaques and Pendants circa 1800 to 2010, p.118.

The reading 'Chagta' in the 'Skanda' sale catalogue is probably part of a corrupted version of 'Kalkattahbad' (Mitchiner, p.118)
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