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East India Company, Madras Presidency, Northern Circars: European style coinages, Soho, copper Pattern Dub or Forty-Eighth Rupee, unsigned [by N.-A. Ponthon], type 1, 1793, sicca kampani isavi 1793 [Money of the company 1793], english east india company around, rev. sicca kampani isavi 1793 [Money of the company 1793], english east india company around, edge plain, 13.71g/2h (Prid. Bengal 370 [Sale, lot 686]; Stevens 5.154; KM. Bengal Pn. 15a). Trifling rim nicks, otherwise good very fine, very rare [certified and graded NGC MS 61 BN] £600-£800 --- Provenance: SNC (London) February 1982 (798), ticket

A unique Pattern Dub, 1793 East India Company, Madras Presidency, Northern Circars: European style coinages, Soho, copper Pattern Dub or Forty-Eighth Rupee, unsigned [by N.-A. Ponthon], type 2, 1793, sicca kampani isavi 1793 [Money of the company 1793], english east india company around, rev. rampant lion to left, holding crown, auspicio regis et senatus angliæ [By the authority of the King and Parliament of England] around, 48 to one rupee below, edge plain, 15.39g/9h (Prid. Bengal 371, this coin [not in Sale]; Stevens 5.155, this coin illustrated; Stevens website image 642, this coin; KM. Bengal Pn. 16, this coin). Light carbon spots on obverse and traces of old gilding, otherwise better than extremely fine, UNIQUE £3,000-£4,000 --- Provenance: H.A. Parsons Collection, Part II, Glendining Auction (London), 11-13 May 1954, lot 919 Baldwin Auction 48 (London), 26 September 2006, lot 5064 D. Fore Collection, Part II, Baldwin Auction 82 (London), 31 May 2013, lot 881, label. Owner’s ticket and envelope. Literature: Illustrated in Paul Stevens, The Coins of the English East India Company, Presidency Series: A Catalogue and Pricelist, p.537

East India Company, Madras Presidency, Northern Circars: European style coinages, Soho, bronzed-copper Pattern Dub or Forty-Eighth Rupee, unsigned [by N.-A. Ponthon], type 3, 1794, rampant lion to left, holding crown, auspicio regis et senatus angliæ [By the authority of the King and Parliament of England] around, 48 to one rupee below, rev. balemark, united east india company around, edge english . united . east . india . company & · ·, 13.30g/6h (Prid. Bengal 373 [not in Sale]; Stevens 5.156; Stevens website image 643, second coin illustrated; KM. Bengal Pn. 18). Brilliant and virtually as struck, extremely rare £2,400-£3,000 --- Provenance: H. Montagu Collection, Sotheby Auction (London), 3-4 May 1892, lot 101 J.G. Murdoch Collection, Sotheby Auction (London), 21-30 July 1903, lot 103 J.B. Caldecott Collection, Sotheby Auction (London), 11-13 June 1912, lot 136 D. Fore Collection, Part II, Baldwin Auction 82 (London), 31 May 2013, lot 884, label. Owner’s ticket and envelope. Interestingly, the obverse of this coin differs from that of the similar piece in marginally inferior condition in the Fore collection (lot 883), in that the legend is positioned higher on 883 and the value area of the exergue differs, although the lion punch is the same on both coins. The Stevens website illustrates the differences admirably

East India Company, Madras Presidency, Northern Circars: European style coinages, Soho, copper Proof Dub or Forty-Eighth Rupee, 1794, arms and supporters, united east india company on scroll, auspicio regis et senatus angliæ [By the authority of the King and Parliament of England] around, 48 to one rupee, rev. balemark, united east india company around, edge english . united . east india . company, 13.74g/6h (Prid. 311 [Sale, lot 428]; Stevens 5.169; KM. 394). Good extremely fine, original colour and reflective surfaces, sharp rims [certified and graded NGC PF 64 BN] £300-£400 --- Provenance: SNC (London) October 1980 (8611). Owner’s ticket

East India Company, Madras Presidency, Northern Circars: European style coinages, Soho, gilt-copper Proof Dub or Forty-Eighth Rupee, 1794, arms and supporters, united east india company on scroll, auspicio regis et senatus angliæ [By the authority of the King and Parliament of England] around, 48 to one rupee, rev. balemark, united east india company around, edge english . united . east india . company, 13.88g/6h (Prid. 312 [Sale, lot 429]; Stevens 5.170; KM. 394b). Brilliant and practically as struck, most attractive [certified and graded NGC PF 62 Cameo] £1,200-£1,500 --- Provenance: SNC (London) June 1984 (3785), ticket. Owner’s ticket

East India Company, Madras Presidency, Northern Circars: European style coinages, Soho, copper Proof mule Dub or Forty-Eighth Rupee, 1794, arms and supporters, united east india compan[y] on scroll, auspicio regis et senatus angliæ [By the authority of the King and Parliament of England] around, 48 to one rupee, lion’s heads full-face as on the 1797 coins, rev. balemark, united east india company around, edge english . united . east india . company, 13.94g/6h (Prid. 314 [Sale, lot 432]; Stevens 5.172; KM. 395). Virtually as struck, extremely rare [certified and graded NGC PF 65 BN] £1,500-£2,000 --- Provenance: Bt P.H. Davis (Tampa, FL) May 1979. Owner’s ticket. Literature: Illustrated in Paul Stevens, The Coins of the English East India Company, Presidency Series: A Catalogue and Pricelist, p.543

East India Company, Madras Presidency, Northern Circars: European style coinages, Soho, copper Proof Dub or Forty-Eighth Rupee, 1797, arms and supporters, united east india compan[y] on scroll, auspicio regis et senatus angliæ [By the authority of the King and Parliament of England] around, 48 to one rupee, rev. balemark, united east india company around, edge english . united . east india . company, 13.39g/6h (Prid. 317 [Sale, lot 430]; Stevens 5.175; KM. 398). Reverse bronzed, extremely fine with two small spots, obverse virtually as struck with a hint of original colour, sharp rims [certified and graded NGC PF 65 BN] £400-£500 --- Provenance: SNC (London) October 1980 (8614), ticket. Owner’s ticket

East India Company, Madras Presidency, Northern Circars: European style coinages, Soho, gilt-copper Proof Dub or Forty-Eighth Rupee, 1797, arms and supporters, united east india compan[y] on scroll, auspicio regis et senatus angliæ [By the authority of the King and Parliament of England] around, 48 to one rupee, rev. balemark, united east india company around, edge english . united . east india . company, 13.64g/6h (Prid. 318 [Sale, lot 431]; Stevens 5.176; KM. 398a). Brilliant FDC, most attractive, rare [certified and graded NGC PF 64 Cameo] £1,200-£1,500 --- Provenance: R.J. Ford (Detroit, MI) Collection SNC (London) April 1982 (3311), ticket. Owner’s ticket

East India Company, Madras Presidency, Northern Circars: European style coinages, Soho, copper trial, type 8, being a double obv. mule of a Dub [1797] and a Bombay Presidency Double-Pice, 180[–], arms and supporters with lion’s heads full-face, united east india compan on scroll, auspicio regis et senatus angliæ [By the authority of the King and Parliament of England] around, 48 to one rupee, rev. arms and supporters, auspicio regis & senatus angliæ [By the authority of the King and Parliament of England] on scroll, east india company above, edge plain, 9.35g/12h (Prid. –; Stevens 5.163, this coin cited; KM. –). Very fine and extremely rare, very few specimens known £900-£1,200 --- Provenance: SNC (London) October 1980 (8622), ticket. Owner’s ticket

East India Company, Madras Presidency, Northern Circars: European style coinages, Soho, copper Pattern Half-Dub or Ninety-Sixth Rupee, 1794, unsigned [by N.-A. Ponthon], arms and supporters, united east ind · comp on scroll, ns reversed, lion supporters side facing, auspic · reg . et senat · angliæ [By the authority of the King and Parliament of England] around, 96 to one rupee, rev. balemark, united east india company around, edge plain, 6.82g/6h (Prid. – [not in Sale]; Stevens 5.177, this coin cited; KM. –). Good extremely fine and of the highest rarity, perhaps only one other specimen known [certified and graded NGC PF 65 BN] £2,000-£2,600 --- Provenance: SNC (London) October 1980 (8618), ticket. Owner’s ticket

East India Company, Madras Presidency, Northern Circars: European style coinages, Soho, copper Half-Dubs or Ninety-Sixth Rupees (2), 1794, arms and supporters, united east india co[m] on scroll, ns normal, lion supporters full face, auspicio regis et senatus angliæ [By the authority of the King and Parliament of England] around, 96 to one rupee, rev. balemark, united east india company around, edge english united east india company, 7.09g/6h (Prid. 319 [Sale, lot 427]; Stevens 5.179; KM. 392); 1797, similar, 6.55g/6h (Prid. 323 [Sale, lot 427]; Stevens 5.186; KM. 397) [2]. First about extremely fine, second good fine but a verdigris spot on obverse £40-£50 --- Provenance: First bt J.F. Elmen (Santa Rosa, CA) October 1981 Second gift of Spink (London) May 1980, ticket. Owner’s tickets

East India Company, Madras Presidency, Northern Circars: European style coinages, Soho, copper Proof Half-Dub or Ninety-Sixth Rupee, 1794, arms and supporters, united east india co[m] on scroll, ns normal, lion supporters full face, auspicio regis et senatus angliæ [By the authority of the King and Parliament of England] around, 96 to one rupee, rev. balemark, united east india company around, edge english united east india company, 6.80g/6h (Prid. 320 [Sale, lot 428]; Stevens 5.180; KM. 392). FDC [certified and graded NGC PF 64 BN] £300-£360 --- Provenance: Bt D.M. Ryder (Madison, WI), January 1979. Owner’s ticket

East India Company, Madras Presidency, Northern Circars: European style coinages, Soho, gilt-copper Proof Half-Dub or Ninety-Sixth Rupee, 1794, arms and supporters, united east india co[m] on scroll, ns normal, lion supporters full face, auspicio regis et senatus angliæ [By the authority of the King and Parliament of England] around, 96 to one rupee, rev. balemark, united east india company around, edge english united east india company, 6.81g/6h (Prid. 321 [Sale, lot 429]; Stevens 5.182; KM. 392a). Scuffed in reverse fields, otherwise extremely fine [certified and graded NGC PF 61] £500-£700 --- Provenance: SNC (London) June 1984 (3786), ticket. Owner’s ticket

East India Company, Madras Presidency, Northern Circars: European style coinages, Soho, silver-plated copper Proof Half-Dub or Ninety-Sixth Rupee, 1794, arms and supporters, united east india co[m] on scroll, ns normal, lion supporters full face, auspicio regis et senatus angliæ [By the authority of the King and Parliament of England] around, 96 to one rupee, rev. balemark, united east india company around, edge english united east india company, 6.96g/6h (Prid. – [not in Sale]; Stevens 5.183, this coin cited as a Silver Proof; KM. –). Once cleaned but now re-toned, extremely fine, an unusual piece; perhaps only one genuine silver Proof known (Sarnefors/Fore collections) £300-£360 --- Provenance: Bt Format (Birmingham, UK) July 1980, ticket, recté silver-plated. Owner’s ticket. Dr Gary Oddie has kindly confirmed that the metal content of this coin is 99.2% copper, 0.5% silver, with other traces elements including zinc

East India Company, Madras Presidency, Northern Circars: European style coinages, Soho, bronzed-copper Proof mule Half-Dub or Ninety-Sixth Rupee, 1794, arms and supporters, united east india co on scroll, ns normal, lion supporters full face, auspicio regis et senatus angliæ [By the authority of the King and Parliament of England] around and distanced from sunken panel below as on the 1797 coins, 96 to one rupee, rev. balemark, united east india company around, edge english united east india company, 6.60g/6h (Prid. 322 [Sale, lot 433]; Stevens 5.184; KM. 393). Good extremely fine, very rare [certified and graded NGC PF 64 BN] £600-£800 --- Provenance: SNC (London) October 1980 (8617), ticket. Owner’s ticket

East India Company, Madras Presidency, Northern Circars: European style coinages, Soho, copper mule Half-Dub or Ninety-Sixth Rupee, 1797, arms and supporters, united east india co[m] on scroll, ns normal, lion supporters full face, auspicio regis et senatus angliæ [By the authority of the King and Parliament of England] around and close to sunken panel below as on the 1794 coins, 96 to one rupee, rev. balemark, united east india company around, edge english united east india company, 7.05g/7h (Prid. – [319 obv./323 rev.; not in Sale]; Stevens 5.185, this coin cited; KM. –). Extremely fine, sharp rims, exceptionally rare, perhaps the only known specimen [certified and graded NGC MS 62 BN] £500-£700 --- Provenance: Format (Birmingham, UK) FPL 56, September 1997 (2627), envelope. Owner’s ticket and envelope. This coin is listed twice by Stevens (5.185 and 5.191); the latter reference should be ignored as it cites catalogue numbers for dubs

East India Company, Madras Presidency, Northern Circars: European style coinages, Soho, bronzed-copper Proof Half-Dub or Ninety-Sixth Rupee, 1797, arms and supporters, united east india co on scroll, ns normal, lion supporters full face, auspicio regis et senatus angliæ [By the authority of the King and Parliament of England] around and distant from sunken panel below, 96 to one rupee, rev. balemark, united east india company around, edge english united east india company, 6.73g/6h (Prid. 324 [Sale, lot 430]; Stevens 5.188; KM. 397a). Good extremely fine [certified and graded NGC PF 63 BN] £240-£300 --- Provenance: SNC (London) October 1980 (8619), ticket. Owner’s ticket

East India Company, Madras Presidency, Early coinages, copper Half-Dudu or 5 Cash, second issue, 1755, balemark incorporating cce, rev. date in two lines, 2.71g/1h (Prid. 76 [not in Sale]; Stevens 1.82; KM. 305). About very fine, very rare; four specimens recorded by Snartt £140-£180 --- Provenance: K. Wiggins Collection, Baldwin Auction 25 (London), 8 May 2001, lot 565 (part), ticket. Owner’s ticket

East India Company, Madras Presidency, Northern Circars: European style coinages, Soho, gilt-copper Proof Half-Dub or Ninety-Sixth Rupee, 1797, arms and supporters, united east india co on scroll, ns normal, lion supporters full face, auspicio regis et senatus angliæ [By the authority of the King and Parliament of England] around and distant from sunken panel below, 96 to one rupee, rev. balemark, united east india company around, edge english united east india company, 6.84g/6h (Prid. 325 [Sale, lot 431]; Stevens 5.190; KM. 397b). Brilliant and practically as struck, most attractive, rare [certified and graded NGC PF 64 Cameo] £800-£1,000 --- Provenance: Advertised in World Coin News, 3 October 1978, p.29 Bt L.H. Collins (Waco, TX) January 1979, ticket

East India Company, Madras Presidency, Northern Circars: European style coinages, Soho, silver Proof Half-Dub or Ninety-Sixth Rupee, 1797, arms and supporters, united east india co on scroll, ns normal, lion supporters full face, auspicio regis et senatus angliæ [By the authority of the King and Parliament of England] around and distant from sunken panel below, 96 to one rupee, rev. balemark, united east india company around, edge english united east india company, 7.69g/6h (Prid. 326 [Sale, lot 434]; Stevens 5.192; KM. 397c). Tiny graze in reverse field, otherwise brilliant and practically as struck, most attractive deep toning, extremely rare, only one other noted at auction in the last 30 years [certified and graded NGC PF 63] £2,000-£3,000 --- Provenance: A.N. Brushfield Collection, Part V, Glendining Auction (London), 2-3 November 1949, lot 170 (part) from Baldwin 1939], ticket in Brushfield’s hand, ‘£2-10-0, but very spl [special] rate, & insure for £5: the figure quoted the same day by Spink for an example inferior to this’. Bt Baldwin (London) August 1986, ticket and envelope. Owner’s ticket

The finest known Madras 2 Dubs, 1807 East India Company, Madras Presidency, Northern Circars: Dub coinages, Madras, First issue, copper 2 Dubs, 1807, do fulus hanarabal kampani isavi 1807 [Two fulus of the honourable company christian year 1807], rev. kumpini yarapotta irantu dabbu [Honourable company, two dubs] around kampini varuvesana renddu dabbulu [Honourable company, two dubs], 22.13g/6h (Prid. 327, this coin illustrated [Sale, lot 435]; Stevens 3.358; KM. 334, this coin illustrated). Minor peripheral weakness, otherwise extremely fine and the best of the few known specimens of this substantial coin, extremely rare [certified and graded NGC MS 60 BN] £10,000-£15,000 --- Provenance: F. Pridmore Collection, Part II, Glendining Auction (London), 18-19 October 1982, lot 435, ticket Sir John Wheeler Collection, Baldwin Auction 22 (London), 2 May 2000, lot 65. Owner’s ticket and envelope. Literature: Illustrated in Fred Pridmore, The Coins of the British Commonwealth of Nations...Part 4, India, Volume I, p.63. Illustrated in George Cuhaj et al, South Asian Coins and Paper Money, Indian Edition, p.444. Following a report dated 12 March 1807, which highlighted the scarcity of copper coin in circulation, Benjamin Roebuck, the mint master at Madras, designed a new dub coinage, striking of which commenced in August 1807. Unusually, the series featured a regulating dub, necessary to facilitate a payment expressed in fanams but paid in copper dubs

East India Company, Madras Presidency, Northern Circars: Dub coinages, Madras, First issue, copper Dub, 1807, type 1, fulus hanarabal kampani isavi 1807 [Fulus of the honourable company christian year 1807], rev. kampini varuvesana dabbulu [Honourable company, dub], 10.17g/6h (Prid. 328 [Sale, lot 436]; Stevens 3.359; KM. 330). Good fine or better, very rare [certified and graded NGC XF 45 BN] £400-£500 --- Provenance: H. Pegg Collection, Spink Auction 12 (London), 19 November 1980, lot 59 (part), ticket SNC (London) February 1981 (1242), ticket. Owner’s ticket

The highly desirable Pridmore/Wheeler/Fore ‘Mint Specimen Set’ of the first issue copper Dub denominations, 1807 East India Company, Madras Presidency, Northern Circars: Dub coinages, Madras, First issue, copper Dub, 1807, type 1, fulus hanarabal kampani isavi 1807 [Fulus of the honourable company christian year 1807], rev. kampini varuvesana dabbulu [Honourable company, dub], 11.57g/6h (Prid. 328 [Sale, lot 437]; Stevens 3.359, this coin illustrated; Stevens website image 459, third coin illustrated; KM. 330); copper Half-Dub, 1807, type 1, nim fulus hanarabal kampani isavi 1807 [Half fulus of the honourable company christian year 1807], rev. kumpini yarapotta arai dabbu [Honourable company half dub] around kampini varuvesana ara dabbu [Honourable company half dub], 5.20g/6h (Prid. 329 [Sale, lot 437]; Stevens 3.362, this coin illustrated; Stevens website image 460, second coin illustrated; KM. 327); copper Quarter-Dub, 1807, type 1, kampini varuvesama kal dabbu [Honourable company quarter dub], rev. kumpini yarapotta kal dabbu [Honourable company quarter dub], 2.65g/6h (Prid. 331 [Sale, lot 437]; Stevens 3.365, this coin illustrated; Stevens website image 464, second coin illustrated; KM. 325) [3]. Virtually as struck, the Dub an exceptional striking with most attractive patina, a superb set of the highest rarity, nothing comparable known [certified and graded NGC MS 62 BN, MS 62 BN, MS 61 BN] £10,000-£15,000 --- Provenance: F. Pridmore Collection, Part II, Glendining Auction (London), 18-19 October 1982, lot 437 [from Baldwin], ticket Sir John Wheeler Collection, Baldwin Auction 22 (London), 2 May 2000, lot 66 D. Fore Collection, Part II, Baldwin Auction 82 (London), 31 May 2013, lot 951, label. Owner’s ticket and 3 envelopes. Literature: Illustrated in Paul Stevens, The Coins of the English East India Company, Presidency Series: A Catalogue and Pricelist, pp.475-8. In the opinion of the cataloguer the NGC grade for the first coin is an extremely conservative third-party opinion

East India Company, Madras Presidency, Northern Circars: Dub coinages, Madras, First issue, copper Half-Dub, 1807, nim fulus hanarabal kampani isavi 1807 [Half fulus of the honourable company christian year 1807], rev. kumpini yarapotta arai dabbu [Honourable company half dub] around kampini varuvesana ara dabbu [Honourable company half dub], 5.22g/12h (Prid. 329 [Sale, lot 436]; Stevens 3.361; KM. 327). Good very fine and patinated, scarce [certified and graded NGC AU 55 BN] £300-£400 --- Provenance: SNC (London) October 1980 (8621), ticket Owner’s ticket

East India Company, Madras Presidency, Northern Circars: Dub coinages, Madras, First issue, copper Half-Dub, 1807, nim fulus hanarabal kampani isavi 1807 [Half fulus of the honourable company christian year 1807], rev. kumpini yarapotta arai dabbu [Honourable company half dub] around kampini varuvesana ara dabbu [Honourable company half dub], 5.25g/6h (Prid. 329 [Sale, lot 436]; Stevens 3.362; KM. 327). Extremely fine, an exceptional striking comparable to the similar coin in Lot 294, very rare [certified and graded NGC MS 63 BN] £700-£900 --- Provenance: SNC (London) February 1981 (1243), ticket, recté Prid. 329. Owner’s ticket

East India Company, Madras Presidency, Northern Circars: Dub coinages, Madras, First issue, copper Quarter-Dub, 1807, kampini varuvesama kal dabbu [Honourable company quarter dub], rev. kumpini yarapotta kal dabbu [Honourable company quarter dub], 2.65g/6h (Prid. 331 [Sale, lot 436]; Stevens 3.365; KM. 325). Good fine, rare [certified and graded NGC VF 30 BN] £120-£150 --- Provenance: SNC (London) February 1981 (1244), ticket. Owner’s ticket

East India Company, Madras Presidency, Northern Circars: Dub coinages, Madras, Second issue, copper Dub, 1808, fulus hanarabal kampani isavi 1808 [Fulus of the honourable company christian year 1808], large date, rev. kampini varuvesana dabbulu [Honourable company, dub], i · dub below, 10.46g/6h (Prid. 333 [Sale, lot 439]; Stevens 3.369; KM. 346). On a large (26mm) flan, about extremely fine and a bold strike, very rare [certified and graded NGC MS 62 BN] £300-£400 --- Provenance: K. Wiggins Collection, Baldwin Auction 25 (London), 8 May 2001, lot 582 (part), ticket. Owner’s ticket

East India Company, Madras Presidency, Northern Circars: Dub coinages, Madras, Second issue, copper Dub, 1808, fulus hanarabal kampani isavi 1808 [Fulus of the honourable company christian year 1808], normal date, rev. kampini varuvesana dabbulu [Honourable company, dub], i · dub below, 10.19g/6h (Prid. 334 [Sale, lot 439]; Stevens 3.370; KM. 347). On a normal (24mm) flan, fine, very rare [certified and graded NGC F 15 BN] £100-£150 --- Provenance: K. Wiggins Collection, Baldwin Auction 25 (London), 8 May 2001, lot 582 (part), ticket. Owner’s ticket

East India Company, Portcullis issues, Elizabeth I (1558-1603), silver Two Testerns or Quarter-Dollar, mm. O [1600/01], crowned arms dividing crowned e r, : elizabeth · d’· g’· an’· fr’· et · hiber’· regin’· [Elizabeth by the grace of God Queen of England France and Ireland], rev. : posvi · devm · adivtorem · mevm · [I have appointed God my helper], crowned portcullis, 6.72g/12h (Prid. 3 (a); BCW 2; Comber Sale 272 and Ford Sale 486, same dies; S 2607C). Good very fine and round, toned, very rare and with an important 17th century provenance [certified and graded NGC AU 53] £9,000-£12,000 --- Provenance: Abp J. Sharp Collection, Glendining Auction (London), 5 October 1977, lot 349 Spink Auction 190 (London), 27 September 2007, lot 570. Owner’s ticket. John Sharp (c. 1645-1714), appointed Archbishop of York in 1691, began collecting coins in 1687 and was in contact with several other English numismatists of the day, including John Evelyn. The collection was left to his son and passed down the family for more than 250 years, before being organised by the late Owen Parsons and catalogued for two auctions, one of world coins and historical medals at Sotheby’s in 1966, the other of English coins at Glendining’s in 1977. Sharp provenances are among the oldest available in numismatics. In the opinion of the cataloguer the NGC grade is an extremely conservative third-party opinion

East India Company, Madras Presidency, Early coinages, copper Half-Dudu or 5 Cash, second issue, 1755, balemark incorporating cce, rev. date in two lines, 2.89g/12h (Prid. 76 [not in Sale]; Stevens 1.82; KM. 305). Good fine, very rare £100-£120 --- Provenance: A.N. Brushfield Collection, Part V, Glendining Auction (London), 2-3 November 1949, lot 167 (part) Sir John Wheeler Collection, Baldwin Auction 22 (London), 2 May 2000, lot 11 (part). Owner’s ticket

East India Company, Madras Presidency, Northern Circars: Dub coinages, Madras, Second issue, copper Half-Dub, 1808, nim fulus hanarabal kampani isavi 1808 [Fulus of the honourable company christian year 1808], small date, rev. kampini varuvesana ara dabbulu [Honourable company, half dub], 1/2 · dub below, 5.21g/12h (Prid. 335 [Sale, lot 439]; Stevens 3.371; KM. 345). A full strike, very fine and of good style, scarce [certified and graded NGC AU 50 BN] £150-£200 --- Provenance: Stephen Album (Santa Rosa, CA) FPL 19, August 1980 (863). Owner’s ticket

East India Company, Madras Presidency, Northern Circars: Dub coinages, Madras, Second issue, copper Half-Dub, 1808, nim fulus hanarabal kampani isavi 1808 [Fulus of the honourable company christian year 1808], large date, rev. kampini varuvesana ara dabbulu [Honourable company, half dub], 1/2 · dub below, 4.80g/12h (Prid. 335 [Sale, lot 439]; Stevens 3.372; KM. 345). Very fine and patinated, scarce £100-£150 --- Provenance: K. Wiggins Collection, Baldwin Auction 25 (London), 8 May 2001, lot 582 (part), ticket. Owner’s ticket

East India Company, Madras Presidency, Northern Circars: Dub coinages, Madras, First issue, copper Regulating Dub, 1807, in sikka hanarabal kampani seh fulus yek falam-i-khurd ast isavi 1807 [This coin of the honourable company and three fulus are one small fanam christian year 1807], rev. idu ammunu pudu dabbum oru sinna panam [This and three new dubs are one small fanam] around idi nara mudu kadta dabbulu numera cinara ruku [This and three new dubs are one small fanam], 7.40g/6h (Prid. 336 [Sale, lot 438]; Stevens 3.366; KM. 329). Very fine, rare [certified and graded NGC XF 40 BN] £400-£500 --- Provenance: Bt Baldwin (London) August 1986. Owner’s ticket

A superb Pattern Rupee of Arkat, 1824 East India Company, Madras Presidency, Later coinages 1812-35, Madras minting, silver Pattern Rupee [1824], unsigned, Arkat, sikka mubarak badshah ghazi aziz-ul-din muhammad alamgir [The auspicious coin of the victorious emperor chosen of the faith of Muhammad Alamgir], frozen date 1172h above, rev. zarb arkat sanat 6 julus maimanat manus [Struck at Arkat in the 6th year of his reign of tranquil prosperity], open lotus flower privy mark, edge straight grained, 11.44g/12h (Prid. 339 [Sale, lot 441]; Stevens 4.36; KM. Pn4). A stunning coin, brilliant FDC, most attractively toned, extremely rare [certified and graded NGC PF 65] £4,000-£5,000 --- Provenance: F. Pridmore Collection, Part II, Glendining Auction (London), 18-19 October 1982, lot 441, ticket [acquired July 1970]. Owner’s ticket. Following improvements to the mint at Madras in late 1823, involving quality control and increased output to counter the threat of forgery, the horse-driven machinery produced a few specimen rupees with straight grained edges, at least two of which were sent to the Mint Committee by the Master, John McKerrell (†1835), on 3 March 1824. Although approved by the Governor in Council on 26 March 1824, no currency issue of this improved style appears to have been made. McKerrell committed suicide at his apartment in Regent street, London, on 24 July 1835

An excessively rare Pattern 20 Cash, 1807-8, without English legend East India Company, Madras Presidency, Reformation 1807-18, Madras minting, copper Pattern 20 Cash, 1807-8 issue, unsigned, in bist kas ast [This is twenty cash], legend in three lines, no value in English below, rev. idi iravai kasulu idu irubadu kasu [This is twenty cash], Tamil and Telugu legends undivided, small squat letters of neat style, first and third Tamil letters correct, edge plain, 9.68g/12h (Prid. 342, this coin illustrated [Sale, lot 443]; Stevens –; Snartt, SCMB 1980, p.346, this coin; KM. Pn2, this coin). On a large (30mm flan), very fine and of the highest rarity, believed the only known example [certified and graded NGC XF 45 BN] £1,000-£1,500 --- Provenance: F. Pridmore Collection, Part II, Glendining Auction (London), 18-19 October 1982, lot 443, ticket [acquired June 1972]. Owner’s ticket. Literature: Illustrated in Fred Pridmore, The Coins of the British Commonwealth of Nations...Part 4, India, Volume I, p.93

An excessively rare Royal Mint Pattern 4 Pice, 1824 East India Company, Madras Presidency, Later coinages 1812-35, Royal Mint, London, copper Pattern 4 Pice, 1824, unsigned, arms and supporters, ausp : regis & sen : angliæ [By the authority of the King and Parliament of England] on ribbon below, rev. east india company around iv pii, ornament above and below, open wreath around, edge plain, 8.63g/6h (Prid. 343 [Sale, lot 444]; Stevens 5.85, this coin illustrated; KM. Pn3, rev. illustration incorrect). Good extremely fine with original colour, excessively rare, perhaps only two or three known [certified and graded NGC PF 65 BN] £3,000-£4,000 --- Provenance: SNC (London) February 1982 (753), ticket. Owner’s ticket. Literature: Illustrated in Paul Stevens, The Coins of the English East India Company, Presidency Series: A Catalogue and Pricelist, p.516

East India Company, Madras Presidency, Later coinages: Muhammadan System, a jeweller’s copy of a gold Ashrafi, 1819 issue, arms and supporters, bharata rama laghana seeta in small letters around, rev. ashrafi kampani angrez bahadur [Ashrafi of the honourable English company], 11.59g/12h (Mitchiner IMT 499, this coin illustrated; Stevens p.489, this coin illustrated; Stevens website image 480, this coin; Mitchiner 1979, 2118). Extremely fine and very rare £800-£1,000 --- Provenance: ‘Skanda’ (L.B. Brilliant) Collection, Spink/Taisei Auction 9 (Singapore), 20 February 1991, lot 660. Owner’s ticket and envelope. Literature: Illustrated in Michael Mitchiner, Indian Medals, Tokens, Pictorial Plaques and Pendants circa 1800 to 2010, p.165 Illustrated in Paul Stevens, The Coins of the English East India Company, Presidency Series: A Catalogue and Pricelist, p.489

East India Company, Madras Presidency, Early coinages, copper Half-Dudu or 5 Cash, second issue, 1784, balemark incorporating cce, rev. date in two lines, 3.11g/11h (Prid. 81 [not in Sale]; Stevens 1.91; KM. 305). Very fine and extremely rare; only one specimen [British Museum] recorded by Snartt, another depicted on the Stevens website [certified and graded NGC MS 61 BN] £100-£150 --- Provenance: K. Wiggins Collection, Baldwin Auction 25 (London), 8 May 2001, lot 565 (part), ticket. Owner’s ticket

East India Company, Madras Presidency, temp. Aurangzeb Alamgir (1068-1118h/1658-1707), copper Paisa, Machhlipatan, 1110h/1698-9, yr 46 (sic), legends both sides, 13.96g/6h (KM. 285.6; Mitchiner 3280; ICV 4297). Very fine for issue £50-£70 --- Owner’s envelope and ticket. Acquired as a Madras Presidency Dub (Prid. 301). The correct regnal years for 1110h/1698-9 are 42 and 43, so the 6 on this coin could be an error when a 2 was intended

The only known Bombay gold Half-Mohur, 1765 East India Company, Bombay Presidency, Early coinages: English design, gold Half-Mohur, 1765, Company arms, english east india company around, rev. bombay 1765, floral ornaments above and below, 5.47g/5h (Prid. 5, this coin illustrated [not in Sale]; Stevens 2.94; KM. 185, this coin illustrated; F 1551). An attractive and bold strike, about extremely fine and of the highest rarity, no other specimens believed known [certified and graded NGC AU 58] £100,000-£150,000 --- Provenance: W.W. Leycester Collection, Sotheby Auction (London), 15-23 June 1888, lot 178 (part) H. Montagu Collection, Sotheby Auction (London), 3-4 May 1892, lot 60 J.G. Murdoch Collection, Sotheby Auction (London), 21-30 July 1903, lot 42 V.M. Brand Collection, Part IX, Sotheby Auction (London), 14 June 1985, lot 160 [from Spink May 1910], envelope Bt Spink (London) June 1985. Owner’s ticket and envelope. Literature: Illustrated in Fred Pridmore, The Coins of the British Commonwealth of Nations...Part 4, India, Volume I, p.146. Illustrated in George Cuhaj et al, South Asian Coins and Paper Money, Indian Edition, p.436

A superb and excessively rare Bombay gold Quarter-Mohur, 1765 East India Company, Bombay Presidency, Early coinages: English design, gold Quarter-Mohur, 1765, Company arms, english east india company around, rev. bombay 1765, small lettering, floral ornaments above and below, 2.74g/6h (Prid. 6 [not in Sale]; Stevens 2.95; KM. 184, this coin illustrated; F 1552, this coin illustrated). Practically as struck with considerable mint bloom, excessively rare [certified and graded NGC MS 66 Star] £60,000-£80,000 --- Provenance: W.W. Leycester Collection, Sotheby Auction (London), 15-23 June 1888, lot 178 (part) H. Montagu Collection, Sotheby Auction (London), 3-4 May 1892, lot 62 J.G. Murdoch Collection, Sotheby Auction (London), 21-30 July 1903, lot 43 H. Leslie Ellis Collection V.M. Brand Collection, Sotheby Auction (London), 14 June 1985, lot 160 [from Spink August 1919] ‘Skanda’ (L.B. Brilliant) Collection, Spink/Taisei Auction 9 (Singapore), 20 February 1991, lot 617. Owner’s ticket and envelope. Literature: Illustrated in George Cuhaj et al, South Asian Coins and Paper Money, Indian Edition, p.436 Illustrated in Art Friedberg et al, Gold Coins of the World from Ancient Times to the Present, p.524. It is believed that three other specimens are known: 1). P.J.E. Stevens Collection (illustrated on website), ex Sir John Wheeler (lot 69), Sotheby 5-6 October 1989 (lot 560), Wolfson Trust (lot 313: unsold), R.J. Ford, J.G. Murdoch (lot 44), H. Montagu (lot 61), Major-General Henry Hyde, R.E. (1824-87, Master of the Calcutta Mint 1861-76, and by private treaty to Montagu), the Pridmore plate coin (large lettering: different rev. die); 2). British Museum 1851-3-14-25 (large lettering: same rev. die as 1)); 3). SCMB July 1955 (G 1030), ex H.A. Parsons, Part II (lot 885), from the same dies as the present piece

East India Company, Bombay Presidency, Early coinages: Mughal style, gold Mohur in the name of ‘Alamgir II (1167-73h/1754-9), Mumbai, 1188h, fictional yr 9 [1774-5], sikka mubarak badshah ghazi alamgir [The auspicious coin of the victorious emperor Alamgir], rev. zarb munbai sanah 9 julus maimanat manus [Struck at Mumbai in the 9th year of his reign of tranquil prosperity], 11.56g/2h (Prid. 8 [not in Sale]; Stevens 2.76; KM. 182; F 1546). Some red deposit on reverse, otherwise extremely fine and practically as struck, extremely rare, only four specimens believed extant in private hands £5,000-£7,000 --- Provenance: Bt in London. Owner’s ticket. The gold coinages of 1765 and 1770 failed to achieve general circulation as pieces with a fixed exchange value, so the bimetallism experiment of Thomas Hodges failed. In 1774, following the receipt of treasure in gold and silver, the government decided that the weight of gold mohurs be slightly increased but that they continue to circulate at the previous equivalent of 15 silver rupees. Existing gold coins were called in and restruck to the new standard

East India Company, Bombay Presidency, Early coinages: Mughal style, gold Rupee or Fifteenth-Mohur in the name of ‘Alamgir II (1167-73h/1754-9), Mumbai, fictional year off flan but presumed yr 9 [1774-5], sikka mubarak badshah ghazi alamgir [The auspicious coin of the victorious emperor Alamgir], rev. zarb munbai sanah [––] maimanat manus [Struck at Mumbai in the [––] of his reign of tranquil prosperity], 0.76g/9h (Prid. 11 [not in Sale]; Stevens 2.78; KM. 179; F 1549). Extremely fine and virtually as struck, the mint name clear, extremely rare [certified and graded NGC MS 65] £1,200-£1,500 --- Provenance: Taisei/Baldwin/Gillio Auction 29 (Hong Kong), 2 September 1999, lot 446, ticket. Owner’s ticket and envelope. By an order of the Bombay Council, mindful of the ongoing shortage of silver coin in circulation, a new denomination, the ‘small gold rupee’ was introduced in the summer of 1775. However, within months, the new coins were being counterfeited. The Treasury stopped the issue of gold rupees in March 1778 and they ceased to be legal tender on 1 June 1778

East India Company, Madras Presidency, Early coinages, copper Half-Dudu or 5 Cash, second issue, 1785, balemark incorporating cce, rev. date in two lines, 3.06g/1h (Prid. 82 [not in Sale]; Stevens 1.92, this piece; KM. 305 [date not listed]). About very fine, extremely rare; no specimens recorded by Snartt [certified and graded NGC XF 45 BN] £100-£150 --- Provenance: K. Wiggins Collection, Baldwin Auction 25 (London), 8 May 2001, lot 565 (part). Owner’s ticket

The first silver coin struck at Bombay East India Company, Bombay Presidency, Early coinages: English design, silver Anglina, type I, yr 7 [1672], arms of the Company, hon : soc : ang : ind : ori · [The Honourable English Company of the East Indies] around, rev. a : deo : pax : & : incrementvm : [Peace and increase cometh from God] around mon : bombay anglic regims Ao7o [Money of the English Government of Bombay year 7] in five lines in centre, 11.53g/3h (Prid. 12 [Sale, lot 446]; Stevens 1.2; KM. 135). A stunning coin, extremely fine and toned, extremely rare and almost certainly the best specimen available to commerce [certified and graded NGC AU 55] £50,000-£70,000 --- Provenance: Major-General Henry Hyde, R.E. (1824-87, Master of the Calcutta Mint 1861-76) H. Montagu Collection, Sotheby Auction (London), 3-4 May 1892, lot 69 [by private treaty from H. Hyde] J.G. Murdoch Collection, Sotheby Auction (London), 21-30 July 1903, lot 49 J.B. Caldecott Collection, Sotheby Auction (London), 11-13 June 1912, lot 39 V.M. Brand (Chicago, IL) Collection With Friedberg Capital Coin Co (Long Island City, NY) RARCOA Auction 15 (Chicago, IL), 24-7 February 1972, lot 1689 With Mayfair Coins (London) F. Pridmore Collection, Part II, Glendining Auction (London), 18-19 October 1982, lot 446 [bt Spink November 1973], ticket. Owner’s ticket. It is believed that two other specimens are known: 1). British Museum E 3883, the Pridmore plate coin (same dies); 2). P.J.E. Stevens Collection (Stevens plate coin), ex Sir John Wheeler (lot 71), V.M. Brand (Spink 50, lot 217), B. Roth Part II (lot 443), H.H. Allan (lot 382) (different rev. die). On 27 March 1668 Charles II, by letters patent, transferred the island of Bombay from the Crown to the Company. By late 1668 Company officials had requested tools for making coins from London, but it was not until 1671 that its directors agreed that Gerald Aungier (1640-77), president of the Surat mint, would establish a mint on Bombay island. By the autumn of 1672 Aungier was in Bombay and the first coins, anglinas, copperoons and tinnies, were struck in December 1672. These bear the year 7 date, reckoned from February 1665, when Bombay was ceded to the English crown by Portugal. The new coin met with opposition on the mainland, principally because citizens were used to a combination of Portuguese coins and Surat rupees and it was perceived that the latter were of slightly higher alloy and weight. A further objection was the lack of any regal title, which was partly rectified in the second issue of 1674

The second silver coin struck at Bombay, probably a Pattern and believed UNIQUE East India Company, Bombay Presidency, Early coinages: English design, silver Anglina, type II, 1674, Company arms, hon : soc : ang : ind : ori · [The Honourable English Company of the East Indies] around, rev. a deo : pax : et : incrementvm · [Peace and increase cometh from God] around two interlinked cs [Charles and Catherine] crowned and surmounted by a cross, 11.66g/10h (Prid. 14, this coin illustrated [Sale, lot 448]; Stevens 1.4, this coin illustrated; Stevens website image 687, this coin; KM. 137). Obverse slightly off-centre, otherwise almost extremely fine and toned, of the highest rarity, perhaps the only known specimen [certified and graded NGC AU 58] £70,000-£90,000 --- Provenance: F. Pridmore Collection, Part II, Glendining Auction (London), 18-19 October 1982, lot 448 SNC (London) June 1984 (3787) Sir John Wheeler Collection, Baldwin Auction 22 (London), 2 May 2000, lot 72. Owner’s ticket and envelope. Literature: Illustrated in Fred Pridmore, The Coins of the British Commonwealth of Nations...Part 4, India, Volume I, p.148 Illustrated in Paul Stevens, The Coins of the English East India Company, Presidency Series: A Catalogue and Pricelist, p.193 Illustrated in Paul Stevens, The Coinage of the Bombay Presidency: A study of the records of the EIC, p.6. To overcome the dislike of the Portuguese to the 1672 silver coins, Aungier suggested two new designs in June 1674. One was to incorporate two interlinked Cs (Charles and Catherine), as per the English silver twopence, and renaming the coins ingreses (English); the other was to introduce a rupee coin with Persian legends but, apparently, with the name and titles of Charles II and the Company’s arms (Prid. 15). Dies were prepared for both types and, while a small quantity of anglinas dated 1674 were struck in 1675, no specimens of the rupee with Persian legends, recorded as having been seen by the 18th century numismatic author Martin Folkes, appear to have survived

The only Bombay Pattern Rupee of 1677 in private ownership East India Company, Bombay Presidency, Early coinages: English design, silver Pattern Rupee in the name of Charles II (1070-96h/1660-85), 1677, unsigned [by G. Bower], struck in London, mm. quatrefoil, · by avthority of charles the second · around the rvpee · of bombaim, two floral ornaments below, rev. crowned royal arms, king · of · great · britaine · france · and · ireland around, edge plain, 11.17g/8h (Prid. 19 [not in Sale]; Stevens 1.12; KM. Pn1). Shallow relief, about extremely fine and toned, excessively rare, only one other specimen known (British Museum 1844-4-25-35, the Pridmore plate coin) £80,000-£100,000 --- Provenance: H.H. Allan Collection, Sotheby Auction (London), 7-10 July 1908, lot 383 B. Roth Collection, Part II, Sotheby Auction (London), 14-17 October 1918, lot 440 V.M. Brand Collection, Spink Auction 50 (London), 6-7 March 1986, lot 221. Owner’s ticket and envelope. Gerald Aungier’s proposals for a rupee bearing the name of Charles II came to fruition in February 1677, when a proposed design was shown at Court in London and later approved by the King. From their better fabric, it may be determined that the rupees dated 1677, and many of those dated 1678, were struck in London. Dies and coining instruments were sent out from London, arriving in August 1678, but the loss of the ‘expert coiner’, one John Morrice, to consumption within a week of landing at Bombay, left the project rudderless. All efforts to strike coins in Bombay with decent impressions were unsuccessful, the blame being placed on the shallowness and low relief of George Bower’s dies

An extremely rare English-struck Pattern Bombay Rupee, 1678 East India Company, Bombay Presidency, Early coinages: English design, silver Pattern Rupee in the name of Charles II (1070-96h/1660-85), 1678, unsigned [by G. Bower], struck in London, mm. quatrefoil, · by avthority · of · charles · the · second around the rvpee of bombaim, two floral ornaments below, rev. crowned royal arms, king · of · great · britaine · france · and · ireland around, edge plain, 11.55g/12h (Prid. 20 [Sale, lot 450]; Stevens 1.13; KM. Pn2). About extremely fine and toned, extremely rare £40,000-£50,000 --- Provenance: Major-General Henry Hyde, R.E. (1824-87, Master of the Calcutta Mint 1861-76) H. Montagu Collection, Sotheby Auction (London), 3-4 May 1892, lot 67 [by private treaty from H. Hyde] J.G. Murdoch Collection, Sotheby Auction (London), 21-30 July 1903, lot 48 W.C. Hazlitt Collection, Sotheby Auction (London), 5-15 July 1909, lot 1252 R.J. Ford (Detroit, MI) Collection [from Baldwin (London)] Wolfson Trust Collection, Sotheby Auction (London), 13 February 1986, lot 311. Owner’s ticket and envelope

East India Company, Bombay Presidency, Early coinages: English design, pewter Trial Rupee in the name of Charles II (1070-96h/1660-85), 1678, unsigned [by G. Bower], struck in London from the same dies as previous, mm. quatrefoil, · by avthority · of · charles · the · second around the rvpee of bombaim, two floral ornaments below, rev. crowned royal arms, king · of · great · britaine · france · and · ireland around, edge plain, 6.20g/12h (Prid. 22 [not in Sale]; Stevens 1.19, recté London; KM. Pn3). Some slight corrosion spots and lifting of metal, otherwise very fine with a hint of original brilliance in legends, believed the only known specimen in private hands £5,000-£10,000 --- Provenance: W.W. Leycester Collection, Sotheby Auction (London), 15-23 June 1888, lot unspecified H. Montagu Collection, Sotheby Auction (London), 3-4 May 1892, lot 68 V.M. Brand Collection, Spink Auction 50 (London), 6-7 March 1986, lot 222. Owner’s ticket and envelope. Pridmore lists this type under London, whereas Stevens lists it under Bombay but his website illustrates a coin from different dies (Baldwin Auction 63, lot 1835); the quality of the strike and the fact that the dies also struck the previous coin would indicate that London is the far more likely minting place

East India Company, Bombay Presidency, Early coinages: English design, silver Rupee in the name of Charles II (1070-96h/1660-85), 1678, struck in Bombay, mm. quatrefoil, [· b]y avthorit]y · of · charles · the · second around the rvpee · of bombaim, two floral ornaments below, rev. crowned royal arms, king · of · great · britaine · france · and · ireland around, edge straight-grained, 11.55g/12h (Prid. 25 [Sale, lot 451]; Stevens 1.15, this coin, recté 1.18; KM. Pn4). Struck slightly off-centre, otherwise very fine and toned, very rare £18,000-£22,000 --- Provenance: SCMB (London) February 1956 (W 250) Bt Baldwin (London) October 1985. Owner’s ticket and envelope. Although Stevens lists this as 1.15 under London, the poor quality of strike and the rust exhibited on the reverse die suggests that Bombay is the far more likely minting place, especially as the two coins illustrated on the Stevens website as 1.18 are from the same dies as this specimen

East India Company, Bombay Presidency, Early coinages: English design, silver Rupee in the name of Charles II (1070-96h/1660-85), 1678, struck in Bombay, mm. quatrefoil, [· by avthorit]y · of · charles · the · second around the rvpee of bombaim, two floral ornaments below, rev. crowned royal arms, king · of · great · britaine · france [· and · ireland] around, edge straight-grained, 11.51g/12h (Prid. 25, this coin illustrated [Sale, lot 451]; Stevens 1.18; KM. Pn4). Struck off-centre and with adjustment marks, otherwise good fine and toned, very rare [certified and graded NGC AU 53] £10,000-£12,000 --- Provenance: F. Pridmore Collection, Part II, Glendining Auction (London), 18-19 October 1982, lot 451, ticket. Owner’s ticket. Literature: Illustrated in Fred Pridmore, The Coins of the British Commonwealth of Nations...Part 4, India, Volume I, p.150. Most of the extant lower quality and locally-made 1678 rupees, with their striking inadequacies and flaws, probably only survive as samples sent back to London to demonstrate to authority there the difficulties experienced with the imported stamps and coining engines. It is thought somewhat unlikely that officials in Bombay would have permitted their circulation

East India Company, Bombay Presidency, Early coinages: Mughal style, silver Rupee in the name of James II (1096-1100h/1685-8), Mumbai, yr 4 [1688], sikka zad daura n-i-janishin-i-king jems di sekun [Coin of the governor-general of king James the second], rev. zarb m[umba[i sanah julus 4 angrez shahi [Struck at Mumbai in the 4th year of English rule], 11.50g/2h (Prid. – [not in Sale]; Stevens 1.22; KM. 144). Weak in parts, small test mark on reverse and punchmarked on edge, otherwise very fine and exceptionally rare, very few specimens known £3,000-£4,000 --- Provenance: Bt R.C. Senior (India) 1984. Owner’s ticket and envelope. Efforts by the Council in Bombay and the Court of Directors in London to obtain permission from successive Moghul emperors to strike Moghul-style coins at Bombay, bearing the name of the reigning English monarch, were proving unsuccessful. Undeterred, and probably with tacit approval from the monarch, Bombay coined some silver bearing the name of James II, but the continuation of this practise in the early 1690s, under William and Mary, incurred the wrath of Aurangzeb Alamgir when the newswriters in Surat advised him that rupees were circulating there bearing the names of English monarchs. The Council continued to authorise the minting of these silver coins until at least 1694, but the practise appears to have ceased by 1696

East India Company, Madras Presidency, Early coinages, copper Half-Dudu or 5 Cash, second issue, 1786, balemark incorporating cce, rev. date in two lines, 3.08g/2h (Prid. 83 [Sale, lot 356]; Stevens 1.93; KM. 305). Very fine and very rare; three specimens recorded by Snartt £90-£120 --- Provenance: K. Wiggins Collection, Baldwin Auction 25 (London), 8 May 2001, lot 565 (part) [from Spink (London) January 1993], ticket. Owner’s ticket

The finest of the two known Quarter-Rupees of James II East India Company, Bombay Presidency, Early coinages: Mughal style, silver Quarter-Rupee in the name of James II (1096-1100h/1685-8), Mumbai, yr uncertain, sikka zad daura n-i-janishin-i-king jems di sekun [Coin of the governor-general of king James the second], rev. zarb m[umba[i sanah [––] angrez shahi [Struck at Mumbai in [––] of English rule], 2.82g/4h (Prid. – [not in Sale]; Stevens 1.24; KM. –). About extremely fine and partially toned, of the highest rarity, only one other known in far inferior condition £5,000-£8,000 --- Provenance: Bt in New York July 2005. Owner’s ticket and envelope

East India Company, Bombay Presidency, Early coinages: Mughal style, silver Rupee in the name of William and Mary (1101-6h/1688-94), Mumbai, yr 5 [1693-4], sikka zad dauran king william an kween mary [Coin struck during the reign of king William and queen Mary], rev. sanah julus 5 angrez shaheen zarb munbai [Struck at Mumbai in the auspicious year 5 of the English rulers], 11.51g/2h (Prid. 27 [not in Sale]; Stevens 1.26; Goron, SCMB 1985, p.110, 2, this coin; KM. 148.2). Small flan fault on reverse at 10 o’clock, otherwise about extremely fine and struck on a broad flan, toned, very rare £6,000-£8,000 --- Provenance: Bt Seaby (London) December 1984. Owner’s ticket and envelope. Literature: Illustrated in Stan Goron, ‘Four East India Company rupees struck in the name of William and Mary’, SCMB April 1985. The owner’s index card states: “Tipped off by Stan Goron in Sept. 84 that Seaby were going to purchase a huge mogul collection, mostly rubbish but few gems. Phoned Michael Dickinson and obtained first refusal of 3 W & M’s (Originally told that 2 diff. 5’s were in collection)...On 10 Dec. while in London phoned & D said Laurence Brown had taken over the collection. At this point I felt they had a more favoured buyer & coins had been lost to me. Saw Brown on Thurs. 11 Dec. and after little dickering [agreed a price for the two, i.e. this coin and the next Lot]”

An exceptional Rupee of William and Mary East India Company, Bombay Presidency, Early coinages: Mughal style, silver Rupee in the name of William and Mary (1101-6h/1688-94), Mumbai, yr 6 [1694], sikka zad dauran king william an kween mary [Coin struck during the reign of king William and queen Mary], rev. sanah julus 6 angrez shaheen zarb munbai [Struck at Mumbai in the auspicious year 6 of the English rulers], differentiating mark 4, 11.55g/10h (Prid. 28 [not in Sale]; Stevens 1.30; Goron, SCMB 1985, p.110, 3, this coin; KM. 148.2). Extremely fine and virtually as struck, retaining considerable mint bloom, toned, exceptionally rare in this condition [certified and graded NGC MS 62] £6,000-£8,000 --- Provenance: Bt Seaby (London) December 1984. Owner’s ticket and envelope. Literature: Illustrated in Stan Goron, ‘Four East India Company rupees struck in the name of William and Mary’, SCMB April 1985

The unique Half-Rupee of William and Mary East India Company, Bombay Presidency, Early coinages: Mughal style, silver Half-Rupee in the name of William and Mary (1101-6h/1688-94), Mumbai, yr 5 [1693-4], sikka zad dauran king william an kween mary [Coin struck during the reign of king William and queen Mary], rev. sanah julus 5 angrez shaheen zarb munbai [Struck at Mumbai in the auspicious year 5 of the English rulers], 5.77g/3h (Prid. 29 [not in Sale]; Stevens 1.31; KM. 147). Two tiny test marks on obverse at 9 o’clock and some associated weakness in striking, otherwise about extremely fine and a great rarity, believed to be the only known Half-Rupee of William and Mary [certified and graded NGC MS 61]£10,000-£15,000 --- Provenance: Bt in London January 2005. Owner’s ticket and envelope. The provenance of this coin suggests it is not the same piece recorded by Pridmore (and, by extension, Stevens), although the whereabouts of that coin is not known

East India Company, Bombay Presidency, Early coinages: Mughal style, silver Rupee in the name of Shah Jahan II (1131h/May-August 1719), Mumbai, 1131h, yr 1 [1719], sikka mubarak badshah shah jahan 1131 [The auspicious coin of the victorious emperor Shah Jahan 1131], rev. zarb munbai sanah ahd julus maimanat manus [Struck at Bombay in the 1st year of tranquil prosperity], 11.45g/3h (Prid. 32 [not in Sale]; Stevens 2.9; KM. 160). Test mark on either side, otherwise about very fine, rare £120-£150 --- Provenance: Bt R.C. Senior (Glastonbury, UK), March 1985. Owner’s ticket

East India Company, Bombay Presidency, Early coinages: Mughal style, silver Fifth-Rupee for the Malabar Coast in the name of Shah Jahan II (1131h/May-August 1719) but struck under the auspices of Muhammad Shah (1131-61h/1719-48), Mumbai, type A/I, yr 1 [1719], sikka mubarak badshah shah jahan 5 [The auspicious coin of the victorious emperor Shah Jahan 1/5th], rev. zarb munbai sanah ahd julus maimanat manus [Struck at Bombay in the 1st year of tranquil prosperity], 2.29g/1h (Prid. 34 [not in Sale]; Stevens 7.19; KM. 270). About extremely fine £70-£90 --- Provenance: SNC (London) November 1980 (9340), ticket. Owner’s ticket. The earliest British-inspired silver coins circulating in the Malabar Coast region were introduced c. 1719-20 and, though they bear the name of Shah Jahan II, were almost certainly issued in the reign of Mohammed Shah. The extensive series of 18th century ‘velli fanams’ or ‘billies’ have been the subject of much detailed research by Shailendra Bhandare and Paul Stevens (cf. The Coinage of the Bombay Presidency, p.329 et seq.), who have suggested a chronological order based on style, with the title of the Moghul emperor and the regnal year each coin bears being of secondary significance and complicated by the ‘frozen date’ sequence employed

East India Company, Bombay Presidency, Early coinages: Mughal style, silver Fifth-Rupees for the Malabar Coast in the name of Shah Jahan II (1131h/May-August 1719) but struck under the auspices of Muhammad Shah (1131-61h/1719-48), Mumbai, type A/I (3), 1131h, yr 1 [1719], sikka mubarak badshah shah jahan 5 1131 [The auspicious coin of the victorious emperor Shah Jahan 1131 1/5th], rev. zarb munbai sanah ahd julus maimanat manus [Struck at Bombay in the 1st year of tranquil prosperity], 2.29g/4h (Prid. 34 [not in Sale]; Stevens 7.19; KM. 270); others, similar (2), no regnal years visible, 2.28g/3h, 2.25g/3h [3]. Fine to very fine, first with legends clear £60-£80 --- Provenance: First K. Wiggins Collection, Baldwin Auction 25 (London), 8 May 2001, lot 682 (part), described as year 21. First with owner’s ticket