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East India Company, Bombay Presidency, Early coinages: Mughal style, silver Rupee in the name of Muhammad Shah (1131-61h/1719-48), Mumbai, 113[6]h, yr 6 [1724-5], sikka mubarak badshah ghazi muhammad shah 113[6] [The auspicious coin of the victorious emperor Muhammad Shah 113[6], rev. zarb munbai sanah 6 julus maimanat manus [Struck at Bombay in the 6th year of tranquil prosperity], differentiating mark 4, 11.58g/3h (Prid. 38 [Sale, lot 453]; Stevens 2.23; KM. 163). Minor test mark on obverse edge at 6 o’clock, otherwise extremely fine and toned, rare £120-£150 --- Provenance: Robert Senior (Glastonbury, UK), FPL 4, Winter 1982 (303), described by the then vendor as ‘FDC best coin I’ve ever seen’ (sic). Owner’s ticket

East India Company, Bombay Presidency, Early coinages: Mughal style, silver Rupee in the name of Muhammad Shah (1131-61h/1719-48), Mumbai, 113[8]h, yr 8 [1726-7], sikka mubarak badshah ghazi muhammad shah 113[8] [The auspicious coin of the victorious emperor Muhammad Shah 113[8], rev. zarb munbai sanah 8 julus maimanat manus [Struck at Bombay in the 8th year of tranquil prosperity], differentiating mark 5, 11.51g/9h (Prid. 41 [not in Sale]; Stevens 2.27; KM. 163). Shroff mark on reverse edge at 4 o’clock, otherwise virtually as struck with considerable mint bloom, attractive and rare [certified and graded NGC AU 58] £150-£200 --- Owner’s ticket

East India Company, Bombay Presidency, Early coinages: Mughal style, silver Rupee in the name of Muhammad Shah (1131-61h/1719-48), Mumbai, 114[3]h, yr 13 [1731-2], sikka mubarak badshah ghazi muhammad shah 114[3] [The auspicious coin of the victorious emperor Muhammad Shah 114[3], rev. zarb munbai sanah 13 julus maimanat manus [Struck at Bombay in the 13th year of tranquil prosperity], differentiating mark 7, 11.55g/9h (Prid. – [not in Sale]; Stevens 2.34, this coin cited; KM. 163). Practically as struck with full mint bloom, most attractive, rare [certified and graded NGC MS 63] £150-£200 --- Owner’s ticket

East India Company, Bombay Presidency, Early coinages: Mughal style, silver Rupee in the name of Muhammad Shah (1131-61h/1719-48), Mumbai, 114[7]h, yr 17 [1735-6], sikka mubarak badshah ghazi muhammad shah 114[7] [The auspicious coin of the victorious emperor Muhammad Shah 114[7], rev. zarb munbai sanah 17 julus maimanat manus [Struck at Bombay in the 17th year of tranquil prosperity], differentiating mark 8, 11.55g/9h (Prid. 48 [not in Sale]; Stevens 2.38; KM. 163). Minor deposit on edge, otherwise extremely fine with mint bloom [certified and graded NGC MS 61] £100-£150 --- Owner’s ticket

East India Company, Madras Presidency, Early coinages, copper Cash, type III, [16]78, balemark, 78 of date in lower segment, rev. Telugu inscription sri ranga in two lines, 0.72g/9h (Prid. 92 [Sale, lot 357]; Stevens 1.105; KM. 287). Reverse off-centre, otherwise about very fine, very rare [certified and graded NGC XF 40 BN] £100-£150 --- Provenance: F. Pridmore (Taunton, UK) Collection SNC (London) February 1981 (1201), ticket. Owner’s ticket

East India Company, Bombay Presidency, Early coinages: Mughal style, silver Rupee in the name of Muhammad Shah (1131-61h/1719-48), Mumbai, 1156h, yr 2[6] [1743-4], sikka mubarak badshah ghazi muhammad shah 1156 [The auspicious coin of the victorious emperor Muhammad Shah 1156], rev. zarb munbai sanah 2[6] julus maimanat manus [Struck at Bombay in the [26th] year of tranquil prosperity], differentiating mark 8, 11.56g/3h (Prid. 54 [not in Sale]; Stevens 2.49, this coin cited; KM. 163). Obverse very fine, reverse extremely fine with some brilliance, rare £100-£150 --- Owner’s ticket

East India Company, Bombay Presidency, Early coinages: Mughal style, silver Half-Rupee in the name of Muhammad Shah (1131-61h/1719-48), Mumbai, [1160-1]h, yr 3[–] [1747-8], sikka mubarak badshah ghazi muhammad shah [The auspicious coin of the victorious emperor Muhammad Shah], rev. zarb munbai sanah 3[–] julus maimanat manus [Struck at Bombay in the [3–th] year of tranquil prosperity], differentiating mark 8, 5.72g/4h (Prid. – [not in Sale]; cf. Stevens 2.65; KM. 162 [date not listed]). Test cut on obverse at 4 o’clock and associated staining, otherwise about very fine, very rare £120-£150 --- Owner’s ticket

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 1b (2), yr 24 [1742-3], sikka mubarak badshah shah jahan 5 [The auspicious coin of the victorious emperor Shah Jahan 1/5th], rev. zarb munbai sanah 24 julus maimanat manus [Struck at Bombay in the 24th year of tranquil prosperity], retrograde date 1174h, 2.31g/4h (Prid. – [not in Sale]; Stevens website 7.25C; KM. 271 [date not listed]); similar, yr 25 [1743], 2.30g/5h (Prid. – [not in Sale]; Stevens 7.26; KM. 271) [2]. Good very fine £60-£80 --- First with owner’s ticket

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 1b (2), yr 24 [1742-3], sikka mubarak badshah shah jahan 5 [The auspicious coin of the victorious emperor Shah Jahan 1/5th], rev. zarb munbai sanah 24 julus maimanat manus [Struck at Bombay in the 24th year of tranquil prosperity], 2.30g/6h (Prid. – [not in Sale]; Stevens website 7.25C; KM. 271 [date not listed]); similar, yr 25 [1743], 2.30g/2h (Prid. – [not in Sale]; Stevens 7.26; KM. 271) [2]. First very fine, second better £50-£70 --- Provenance: First K. Wiggins Collection, Baldwin Auction 25 (London), 8 May 2001, lot 682 (part). First with owner’s ticket

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 ‘Alamgir II (1167-73h/1754-9), Mumbai, type 2 (2), yr 2 [1755-6], sikka mubarak badshah shah jahan 5 [The auspicious coin of the victorious emperor Shah Jahan 1/5th], rev. zarb munbai sanah 2 julus maimanat manus [Struck at Bombay in the 2nd year of tranquil prosperity], 2.30g/8h (Prid. – [not in Sale]; Stevens 7.28; KM. 275); similar, yr 5 [1758-9], 2.29g/3h (Prid. 61 [Sale, lot 455]; Stevens 7.30; KM. 271) [2]. Very fine and better, both well-struck £70-£90 --- First with owner’s ticket

East India Company, Madras Presidency, Early coinages, copper Cash, type IV, 1731, heart-shaped shield incorporating balemark, rev. date within pellet border, 1.24g/8h (Prid. 97, this coin illustrated [Sale, lot 358]; Stevens 1.120; KM. 302). Very fine, reverse better and well-centred, very rare; four specimens recorded by Snartt £90-£120 --- Provenance: F. Pridmore Collection, Part II, Glendining Auction (London), 18-19 October 1982, lot 358 (part), ticket. Bt Spink (London) February 1983. Owner’s ticket. Literature: Illustrated in Fred Pridmore, The Coins of the British Commonwealth of Nations...Part 4, India, Volume I, p.63

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 ‘Alamgir II (1167-73h/1754-9), Mumbai, type 2, yr 3 [1756-7], sikka mubarak badshah shah jahan 5 [The auspicious coin of the victorious emperor Shah Jahan 1/5th], rev. zarb munbai sanah 3 julus maimanat manus [Struck at Bombay in the 3rd year of tranquil prosperity], 2.31g/8h (Prid. 60, obv. of this coin illustrated [Sale, lot 455]; Stevens 7.29; KM. 271). Extremely fine and well-struck, toned [certified and graded NGC AU 58] £100-£120 --- Provenance: F. Pridmore Collection, Part II, Glendining Auction (London), 18-19 October 1982, lot 455 (part), ticket Bt Spink (London) November 1985, ticket. Owner’s ticket. Literature: Obverse illustrated in Fred Pridmore, The Coins of the British Commonwealth of Nations...Part 4, India, Volume I, p.153

An exceptionally rare Quarter-Rupee of Ahmad Shah East India Company, Bombay Presidency, Early coinages: Mughal style, silver Quarter-Rupee in the name of Ahmad Shah (1161-7h/1748-54), Mumbai, date off flan, sikka mubarak badshah ghazi ahmad shah [The auspicious coin of the victorious emperor Ahmad Shah the valiant], rev. zarb munbai sanah [–] julus maimanat manus [Struck at Bombay in the [–] year of tranquil prosperity], 2.79g/1h (Prid. – [not in Sale]; Stevens website 2.75C, this coin [previously attributed to ‘Alamgir II as Stevens 2.91, this coin]; KM. –). Struck from Rupee dies, very fine with a clear mint name, exceptionally rare £500-£700 --- Provenance: P.J.E. Stevens Collection, Part IV, Stephen Album Auction 26 (Santa Rosa, CA), 15-17 September 2016, lot 2049. Owner’s ticket. This coin, which appears to be the only known specimen, was originally assigned to ‘Alamgir II by Stevens (p.230), with the caveat that it might be an issue of Ahmad Shah. A close examination of what remains of the emperor’s name on it by the cataloguer of the coin in 2016 strongly suggests that it is a coin of Ahmad Shah, for which quarter-rupees struck at Mumbai were previously unknown. A copy of the full reasoning behind the cataloguer’s opinion is sold with the coin

East India Company, Madras Presidency, Early coinages, copper Cash, type IV, 1733, heart-shaped shield incorporating balemark, rev. date within pellet border, 1.33g/12h (Prid. 98 [Sale, lot 358]; Stevens 1.121; KM. 302). Fine, very rare; four specimens recorded by Snartt £60-£80 --- Provenance: SNC (London) February 1982 (723), ticket. Owner’s ticket

East India Company, Bombay Presidency, Early coinages: Mughal style, silver Fifth-Rupee for the Malabar Coast in the name of ‘Alamgir II (1167-73h/1754-9), Mumbai, type 3, 118[–]h, frozen year 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 Bombay in the 9th year of tranquil prosperity], 2.27g/7h (Prid. 74 [not in Sale]; Stevens 7.34; KM. 272). Extremely fine and attractively toned, rare [certified and graded NGC AU 58] £100-£150 --- Owner’s ticket, inscribed ‘most attractive coin [of its type] seen’

East India Company, Bombay Presidency, Early coinages: Mughal style, silver Fifth-Rupee for the Malabar Coast in the name of ‘Alamgir II (1167-73h/1754-9), Mumbai, type 3, 1188h, frozen year 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 Bombay in the 9th year of tranquil prosperity], 2.25g/11h (Prid. 74 [not in Sale]; Stevens 7.34; KM. 272). Good very fine and toned with full dates, rare [certified and graded NGC XF 45] £120-£150 --- Provenance: Robert Senior (Glastonbury, UK) FPL 4, Winter 1982 (305) Bt R.C. Senior February 1983. Owner’s ticket. The full 1188h date on this coin substantiates the remarks by Hans Herrli and Paul Stevens in JONS issues 192 and 193

East India Company, Bombay Presidency, Early coinages: Mughal style, silver Half-Rupee for the Malabar Coast in the name of ‘Alamgir II (1167-73h/1754-9), Mumbai, type A, yr 9, differentiating mark off flan, sikka mubarak badshah ghazi alamgir [The auspicious coin of the victorious emperor Alamgir], rev. zarb munbai sanah 9 julus maimanat manus [Struck at Bombay in the 9th year of tranquil prosperity], 5.79g/12h (Prid. 76 [Sale, lot 457]; Stevens 7.11; KM. 177). Very fine and toned, very rare [certified and graded NGC AU 55] £240-£300 --- Provenance: C.H. Biddulph (London) Collection F. Pridmore Collection, Part II, Glendining Auction (London), 18-19 October 1982, lot 457 (part) [from Baldwin (London) March 1972], ticket SNC (London) June 1984 (3794), ticket. Owner’s ticket. Charles Hubert Biddulph (1898-1966), b Abu, Rajasthan; assistant engineer and later deputy general manager of the South Indian Railway; retired to Wandsworth, London. Most of his coins were acquired by the British Museum in 1970, but a small portion of the collection was sold to Baldwin

East India Company, Madras Presidency, Early coinages, copper Cash, type IV, 1736, heart-shaped shield incorporating balemark, rev. date within pellet border, 1.13g/12h (Prid. 100 [Sale, lot 358]; Stevens 1.123; KM. 302). About very fine, obverse well-centred, extremely rare; only two specimens recorded by Snartt, another two depicted on the Stevens website £90-£120 --- Provenance: F. Pridmore (Taunton, UK) Collection SNC (London) February 1981 (1202), ticket. Owner’s ticket

An excessively rare Quarter-Rupee of ‘Alamgir II East India Company, Bombay Presidency, Early coinages: Mughal style, silver Quarter-Rupee for the Malabar Coast in the name of ‘Alamgir II (1167-73h/1754-9), Mumbai, type A, yr 9, differentiating mark off flan, sikka mubarak badshah ghazi alamgir [The auspicious coin of the victorious emperor Alamgir], rev. zarb munbai sanah 9 julus maimanat manus [Struck at Bombay in the 9th year of tranquil prosperity], 2.90g/1h (Prid. 77 [Sale, lot 458]; Stevens 7.15; KM. 174). Good very fine and toned, excessively rare [certified and graded NGC AU 53] £200-£300 --- Owner’s ticket

An excessively rare Sixteenth-Rupee of ‘Alamgir II East India Company, Bombay Presidency, Early coinages: Mughal style, silver Sixteenth-Rupee for the Malabar Coast in the name of ‘Alamgir II (1167-73h/1754-9), Mumbai, presumed yr 9, mm. crescent, sikka mubarak badshah ghazi alamgir [The auspicious coin of the victorious emperor Alamgir], rev. zarb munbai sanah [–] julus maimanat manus [Struck at Bombay in the [–] year of tranquil prosperity], 0.74g/4h (Prid. – [Sale, lot 459]; Stevens 7.16, this coin; Stevens website image 1180c, this coin; KM. –). Very fine and toned, excessively rare and perhaps the only known specimen £400-£500 --- Provenance: F. Pridmore Collection, Part II, Glendining Auction (London), 18-19 October 1982, lot 459, ticket Bt Spink (London) May 1983. Owner’s ticket

The Murdoch/Caldecott/Brand Bombay Copperoon, year 7 East India Company, Bombay Presidency, Early coinages: English design, copper Copperoon, type A/I, yr 7 [1672], arms of the Company, hon : soc : ang : ind : ori · [The Honourable English Company of the East Indies] around, scrolls around shield, rev. a : deo : pax : & : incr[ementvm :] [Peace and increase cometh from God] around mon : bombay anglic regims Ao.7o. [Money of the English Government of Bombay year 7] in five lines in centre, 14.03g/10h (Prid. 78 [Sale, lot 460]; Stevens 1.33; KM. 131). About extremely fine and extremely rare, especially in this condition, almost certainly the finest A/I Copperoon in private hands [certified and graded NGC MS 61 BN] £2,000-£2,600 --- Provenance: J.G. Murdoch Collection, Sotheby Auction (London), 21-30 July 1903, lot 51 J.B. Caldecott Collection, Sotheby Auction (London) 11-13 June 1912, lot 44 V.M. Brand Collection, Spink Auction 50 (London), 6-7 March 1986, lot 220 Bt Spink Australia (Sydney) 1986. Owner’s ticket and envelope. The designs for the coinage of copperoons, or pice, introduced in late 1672, imitated those of the contemporary silver anglinas. Most of the coins bearing the year 7 were probably struck in 1673, although by 1675 the standard of manufacture and weight of the coins was causing concern. Despite the annual arrivals of Company ships, some bringing Swedish bar copper to augment the local supply from Surat, there were frequent shortages of pice to pay workers and the army, who refused the tin equivalents. The situation was not helped by the fact that the chief coiner had, in the summer of 1676, ‘run away, having stolen another man’s wife’, and the other mint workers were ‘inefficient and most tedious’ (Pridmore, p.102). It took more than a year for a replacement chief coiner, Govindji Madharji, to move from Surat and take up his post at Bombay. Slight changes to the design of the copperoons were made in the 1690s, when subsequent coinages took place

East India Company, Bombay Presidency, Early coinages: English design, copper Copperoon, type A/III, yr 7 [1672], arms of the Company, [hon : soc : ang : ind : ori ·] [The Honourable English Company of the East Indies] around, scrolls around shield, rev. [a : deo : pax : & : incre]men[tvm :] [Peace and increase cometh from God] around mo[n :] bombav anglic regims Ao.7o. [Money of the English Government of Bombay year 7] in five lines in centre, small o in bombav, large s in regims, 14.01g/6h (Prid. 80 var. [not in Sale]; Stevens 1.35 var.; KM. 133). Fine, reverse better, very rare £200-£260 --- Owner’s ticket

East India Company, Bombay Presidency, Early coinages: English design, copper Copperoons (2), type A/IV, yr 9 [1674], arms of the Company, [hon : soc : ang : ind : ori ·] [The Honourable English Company of the East Indies] around, scrolls around shield, rev. [a : deo : pax : & : incre]mentvm : 74 [Peace and increase cometh from God 1674] around mon bombay angli[c] regims Ao.9o. [Money of the English Government of Bombay year 9] in five lines in centre, pellets in date, 11.69g/5h (Prid. 81 [Sale, lot 461]; Stevens 1.36; KM. 136); similar, upturned l in anglici, g and i in regims conjoined, 13.87g/12h (Prid. 81 [Sale, lot 461]; Stevens 1.36; Snartt, SNC October 1974, p.384, 4(a), this coin; KM. 136) [2]. Fine, both with clear central dates £90-£120 --- Provenance: First bt Seaby (London) April 1980, ticket Second P. Snartt (Bristol, UK) Collection; SNC (London) May 1980 (3787), ticket. Owner’s tickets

East India Company, Bombay Presidency, Early coinages: English design, copper Copperoons (3), type A/X, yr 10 [1675], arms of the Company, [hon soc ang ind ori] [The Honourable English Company of the East Indies] around, scrolls around shield, rev. [a deo pax & incrementvm] [Peace and increase cometh from God] around mon bombays anglic regim[s] AoDo [Money of the English Government of Bombay year 10] in five lines in centre, large s in bombays, 10.04g/5h (Prid. 86 [Sale, lot 463]; Stevens 1.42; KM. 141); type A/XI (2), yr 10 [1675], similar, small s in bombays, reads anglici, unbarred a, 14.07g/10h (Snartt, SNC October 1974, p.384, 9(b), this coin), barred a, 13.99g/1h (Prid. 86 [Sale, lot 463]; Stevens 1.43; KM. 141) [3]. First with very fine centres, others fine £90-£120 --- Provenance: Second P. Snartt (Bristol, UK) Collection; SNC (London) February 1982 (755), ticket. Owner’s tickets

East India Company, Bombay Presidency, Early coinages: English design, copper Copperoons (3), type B/XII, yr 10 [1675], arms of the Company, [hon soc ang ind ori] [The Honourable English Company of the East Indies] around, letters around shield, inverted g, rev. [a deo pax & incrementvm] [Peace and increase cometh from God] around moneta bombayes anglici regims AoDo [Money of the English Government of Bombay year 10] in five lines in centre, 14.19g/1h (Prid. 88 [Sale, lot 463]; Stevens 1.44; KM. 141); type C/XII, yr 10 [1675], similar, but lions reverted, 13.85g/8h (Prid. – [Sale, lot 463]; Stevens 1.44c; KM. 141); type D/XVI, yr 10 [1675], similar, but normal g, reads ANoDo, barred i in anglici, 13.53g/12h (Prid. 89 [Sale, lot 463]; Stevens 1.49; KM. 141) [3]. Fair to fine, first two with dark patina £60-£80 --- Provenance: First P. Snartt (Bristol, UK) Collection; SNC (London) May 1980 (3793), ticket Second Stephen Album (Santa Rosa, CA) FPL 18, June 1980 (1137), described as Prid. 86ff Third SNC (London) February 1982 (757), ticket. Owner’s tickets

An exceptionally rare Half-Copperoon, 1675 East India Company, Bombay Presidency, Early coinages: English design, copper Half-Copperoon, type A/X, yr 10 [1675], arms of the Company, [hon soc ang ind ori] [The Honourable English Company of the East Indies] around, scrolls around shield, rev. [a deo pax & incrementvm] [Peace and increase cometh from God] around mon bombayes anglici regims AoDo [Money of the English Government of Bombay year 10] in five lines in centre, 7.30g/6h (Prid. – [not in Sale]; Stevens 1.51, this coin; Wiggins, SNC November 1984, p.288, fig. 1, this coin; KM. –). Irregular flan, very fine and almost certainly the finest known example of this denomination, exceptionally rare [certified and graded NGC VF 35 BN] £400-£500 --- Provenance: K. Wiggins Collection, Baldwin Auction 25 (London), 8 May 2001, lot 715, ticket. Owner’s ticket and envelope. Literature: Illustrated in Ken Wiggins, ‘A Bombay Half Copperoon’, SNC November 1984, p.288. In his article, the late Ken Wiggins referred to this coin being “the best specimen of [a few coins that had been struck on much smaller flans]”. Very few half-copperoons are known to exist and Wiggins suggested that the denomination was only struck sporadically, probably in response to exigent demands of low value coins

East India Company, Madras Presidency, Early coinages, copper Cash, type IV, 1737, heart-shaped shield incorporating balemark, letters anti-clockwise, rev. date within pellet border, 1.39g/9h (Prid. 101 [Sale, lot 358]; Stevens 1.125; KM. 302). A bold fine, very rare; four specimens recorded by Snartt £60-£80 --- Provenance: SNC (London) October 1980 (8541), ticket. Owner’s ticket

East India Company, Bombay Presidency, Early coinages: English design, copper Copperoons (2), AoD92 [1692], arms of the Company, [a deo pax et incrementvm] [Peace and increase cometh from God] around, rev. [hon soc ang ind orien] [The honourable English Company of the East Indies] around mon[et b]onb[ay a]ngl[ici regims AoD92 [Money of the English Government of Bombay 1692] in five lines in centre, 13.71g/9h (Prid. 93 [Sale, lot 464]; Stevens 1.57; KM. 146); 1703, similar, reads angiic, second i barred, normal 3 in date, 13.49g/8h (Prid. 94; Stevens 1.59; KM. –) [2]. First fair and with surface verdigris but very rare, second fine and with a contemporary provenance suggesting it was an early returnee to England with one of the Company’s merchants £90-£120 --- Provenance: First bt T. Munson (Petoskey, MI) June 1979 Second Abp J. Sharp Collection, Glendining Auction (London), 5 October 1977, lot 350; SNC (London) November 1980 (9346), ticket. Owner’s tickets. 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 in 1977. Sharp provenances are among the oldest available in numismatics

East India Company, Bombay Presidency, Early coinages: English design, copper Pice, Stars type [1705-16], crown, rev. [av]spic[io re]gis et su]tane[s an]glici [Under the patronage of the King and Parliament of England] in five lines partly blundered, floral ornament above and below, 13.81g/4h (Prid. 97 [Sale, lots 465-6]; Stevens 1.64; KM. 149). Obverse with light specks of verdigris, otherwise very fine, scarce [certified and graded NGC XF 40 BN] £150-£200 --- Provenance: F. Pridmore Collection, Part II, Glendining Auction (London), 18-19 October 1982, lot 465 (part), ticket. Owner’s ticket

East India Company, Bombay Presidency, Early coinages: English design, copper Pice, Stars type [1705-16], crown, rev. [a]v]spicio regis e[t su]aitan [a]nglici [Under the patronage of the King and Parliament of England] in five lines partly blundered, floral ornament above and below, 13.47g/3h (Prid. 97 [Sale, lots 465-6]; Stevens 1.64; KM. 149). Fine £80-£100 --- Owner’s ticket

East India Company, Bombay Presidency, Early coinages: English design, copper Half-Pice, Stars type [1705-16], crown, rev. [avspicio re]gis e[t su]tane[s an]glici [Under the patronage of the King and Parliament of England] in five lines partly blundered, 7.51g/3h (Prid. 98 [Sale, lots 465-6]; Stevens 1.65; KM. 172). Very fine or better and well-struck, rare [certified and graded NGC XF 40 BN] £150-£200 --- Provenance: F. Pridmore Collection, Part II, Glendining Auction (London), 18-19 October 1982, lot 465 (part) [from K. Wiggins (Crowborough, UK), November 1973], ticket. Owner’s ticket

A superb Double-Pice of the first issue of George II East India Company, Bombay Presidency, Early coinages: English design, copper Double-Pice in the name of George II (1727-60), GR type, 1728, crown dividing g r, bomb below, rev. avspicio regis et senatus angliæ [Under the patronage of the King and Parliament of England] in four lines, floral ornament above, 18.24g/9h (Prid. 99 [Sale, lot 467]; Stevens 2.97; KM. 166). Struck slightly off-centre, otherwise good very fine and extremely rare, especially in this condition; only four specimens recorded by Snartt in private hands £700-£900 --- Provenance: E. Wodak (Melbourne) Collection, ticket C.E. Pitchfork Collection, Part III, Noble Numismatics Auction 48 (Melbourne), 11-13 July 1995, lot 2078 [acquired c. 1970-1] Bt A.P. de Clermont (London) February 1997. Owner’s ticket. Erich Wodak (1902-58), numismatist and electronic engineer, b Uherské Hradiste, CZ, became a naturalised Briton in 1949, although his work as a linguist in World War II meant he worked principally in Malaya and Australia. A specialist in Indian coins whose aim was to revise James Atkins’ 1889 work on the British Colonial series, at the time of his early death he was Curator of Coins and Medals at the National Gallery, Melbourne. In the two decades prior to 1728 the need for small change in Bombay was met by tin coins, but in that year a large shipment of copper goz was received from Persia. The decision was taken to strike a new series of copper coins, initially by overstriking the goz issues and then by restriking them into double pice, pice and half-pice over several years, up to and including 1749

East India Company, Bombay Presidency, Early coinages: English design, copper Double-Pice in the name of George II (1727-60), GR type, 1730, crown dividing g r, bomb below, rev. avspicio regis · et senatus angliæ [Under the patronage of the King and Parliament of England] in four lines, floral ornament above, 19.10g/7h (Prid. 100 [Sale, lot 468]; Stevens 2.98; KM. 166). Traces of Persian undertype visible, very fine and well-centred, extremely rare, especially in this condition, very few specimens known £400-£500 --- Provenance: F. Pridmore Collection, Part II, Glendining Auction (London), 18-19 October 1982, lot 468, ticket. Owner’s ticket

East India Company, Bombay Presidency, Early coinages: English design, copper Double-Pice in the name of George II (1727-60), GR type, 1733, crown dividing g r, bomb below, rev. avspicio [r]egis et [s]enatus angliæ [Under the patronage of the King and Parliament of England] in four lines, floral ornament above, 18.73g/9h (Prid. 101 [not in Sale]; Stevens 2.99; Stevens website image 734, this coin; KM. 166). Good fine and exceptionally rare, more attractive than its grade would imply and with a full date, only two specimens in the Snartt survey, both in the British Museum £500-£700 --- Provenance: D. Fore Collection, Part III, Baldwin Auction 84 (London), 25-6 September 2013, lot 1937. Owner’s ticket

East India Company, Bombay Presidency, Early coinages: English design, copper Double-Pice in the name of George II (1727-60), GR type, 1735, crown dividing g r, bomb below, rev. [av]spici[o r]egis et [s]enatus angliæ [Under the patronage of the King and Parliament of England] in four lines, floral ornament above, 17.89g/6h (Prid. 102 [not in Sale]; Stevens 2.102; Stevens website image 737, first coin; KM. 166). Fine and with a full date, exceptionally rare, only three specimens in the Snartt survey, all in the British Museum, and only one other with a full date on the Stevens website £400-£500 --- Provenance: Baldwin Auction 35 (London), 13-15 October 2003, lot 1722 P.J.E. Stevens Collection, Part IV, Stephen Album Auction 26 (Santa Rosa, CA), 15-17 September 2016, lot 2060, ticket. Two owner’s tickets

East India Company, Portcullis issues, Elizabeth I (1558-1603), silver Testern or Eighth-Dollar, mm. O [1600/01], crowned arms dividing crowned e r, : elizabeth · d’· g’· an’· fr’· et · hi’· regina · [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, 3.44g/3h (Prid. 4 (a); BCW 1; Lockett Sale 3310, Wilkinson Sale 934 and Comber Sale 92, same dies; S 2607D). Good very fine and attractively toned, very rare [certified and graded NGC AU 58] £12,000-£15,000 --- Provenance: W.J. Zimmerman (Chicago, IL) Collection [from Spink October 1961] SNC (London) February 1981 (857) R.S. James Collection, Spink Auction 31 (London), 12 October 1983, lot 181 With Spink (London), ticket ‘Clarendon’ (E. Bohr) Collection, Part II, Bonhams Auction (London), 17 October 2006, lot 1114 With A. Bryant (London) 2016, ticket Baldwin (London) FPL Winter 2017 (132), ticket and envelope. Owner’s ticket

East India Company, Madras Presidency, Early coinages, copper Cash, type IV, 1748, Fort St David, heart-shaped shield incorporating balemark, rev. date within pellet border, 1.18g/6h (Prid. 103 [Sale, lot 358]; Stevens 5.11; KM. 302). Fine, very rare; only two specimens recorded by Snartt £60-£80 --- Provenance: F. Pridmore Collection, Part II, Glendining Auction (London), 18-19 October 1982, lot 358 (part), ticket Bt Spink February 1983. Owner’s ticket. Struck during the French occupation of Madras

East India Company, Bombay Presidency, Early coinages: English design, copper Half-Pice in the name of George II (1727-60), GR type [1728+], large crown with loops on arch dividing g r, bomb below, rev. [avspicio r]egis e[t s]enat[us a]ngl[iæ] [Under the patronage of the King and Parliament of England] in four lines, floral ornament above, 4.48g/8h (Prid. 105 [Sale, lot 469]; Stevens 2.108; KM. A173). Obverse about very fine, reverse fine, rare £90-£120 --- Provenance: Bt K. Wiggins (Crowborough, UK) May 1985. Owner’s ticket

East India Company, Bombay Presidency, Early coinages: English design, copper Half-Pice in the name of George II (1727-60), GR type, reduced weight issue [1749], crown dividing [g r, bomb] below, rev. [a]vsp[icio] regis e[t sniat angl[iæ] [Under the patronage of the King and Parliament of England] in four lines, floral ornament above, 2.89g/6h (Prid. – [not in Sale]; Stevens 2.108ff; KM. 173). Fine, very dark patina but error in legend clear, extremely rare £90-£120 --- Owner’s ticket

East India Company, Bombay Presidency, Early coinages: English design, copper Double-Pice (2) in the name of George III (1760-1820), Balemark type [1773+], balemark, normal letters v e i c, revs. crown dividing g r, [bomb] below, 10.21g/11h, 10.19g/11h (Prid. 107ff [Sale, lot 471]; Stevens 2.110ff; KM. 189) [2]. Good fine £100-£150 --- Provenance: First F. Pridmore (Taunton, UK) Collection; SNC (London) February 1982 (759), ticket Second bt Seaby April 1980, ticket. Owner’s tickets

East India Company, Bombay Presidency, Early coinages: English design, copper Double-Pice in the name of George III (1760-1820), Balemark type [1773+], balemark, transposed letters v i e c, rev. crown dividing g r, [bomb] below, 10.27g/6h (Prid. – [not in Sale]; Stevens 2.111, this coin cited; Snartt, SCMB 1978, p.45, this coin; KM. 189). About fine, rare £100-£150 --- Provenance: P. Snartt (Bristol, UK) Collection SNC (London) May 1980 (3801) SNC (London) February 1982 (760), ticket. Owner’s ticket

East India Company, Bombay Presidency, Early coinages: English design, copper Pice (2) in the name of George III (1760-1820), Balemark type, 1773, balemark, revs. [1 p]ice bomb in three lines above date, 4.96g/6h, 4.84g/8h (Prid. 110 [Sale, lot 472]; Stevens 2.116; KM. 188) [2]. First about fine, second good fine £60-£80 --- Provenance: First H. Pegg Collection, Spink Auction 12 (London), 19 November 1980, lot 61 (part); SNC (London) February 1982 (762), ticket. Owner’s tickets

East India Company, Bombay Presidency, Early coinages: English design, copper Half-Pice in the name of George III (1760-1820), Balemark type [1773+], balemark, rev. value expressed as a fraction, 2.48g/6h (Prid. 114 [Sale, lot 473]; Stevens 2.121; KM. –). Fine, very rare £100-£150 --- Provenance: SNC (London) February 1982 (763), ticket. Owner’s ticket

East India Company, Madras Presidency, Early coinages, copper Cash, type IV, 1752, Fort St David, heart-shaped shield incorporating balemark, rev. date within pellet border, 1.27g/5h (Prid. 104 [Sale, lot 358]; Stevens 5.13; KM. 302). Good fine, extremely rare; only two specimens recorded by Snartt £90-£120 --- Provenance: Bt Spink (London) February 1982. Owner’s ticket

The Caldecott/Brand countermarked Bombay Pice, 1788 East India Company, Bombay Presidency, Early coinages: English design, copper Pice, 1788, one side countermarked bomb 1788 in two lines within dotted oblong stamp, small numerals in date, 12.91g (Prid. 117, this coin illustrated [not in Sale]; Stevens 2.123 [= Horizon I, 119, same die]; KM. 191, this coin illustrated). No trace of undertype, old surface pitting otherwise good very fine with dark patina, an attractive example of this great rarity £2,000-£2,600 --- Provenance: J.B. Caldecott Collection, Sotheby Auction (London), 11-13 June 1912, lot 55 (part) V.M. Brand Collection, Sotheby Auction (London), 14 June 1985, lot 166. Owner’s ticket. Literature: Illustrated in Fred Pridmore, The Coins of the British Commonwealth of Nations...Part 4, India, Volume I, p.161. Illustrated in George Cuhaj et al, South Asian Coins and Paper Money, Indian Edition, Iola, 2013, p.438. Described as a pattern by KM. and some other recent cataloguers, probably because no records appear to exist which explain the reason for their production, it seems likely that they were the result of a request from Tellicherry to Bombay, in April 1788, for more pice or, quite possibly that they were struck at Tellicherry, where Bombay pice passed freely. Weights of the known specimens vary markedly and this example might have passed as a double-pice, as the cataloguer of the Brand collection postulated

East India Company, Bombay Presidency, European Minting, 1791-4, Soho, copper Double-Pice or 8 Reas, 1791, type A/II, balemark, rev. scales, long pivot with blunt point, adil [Justice] between pans, 12.99g/6h (Prid. 118 [Sale, lots 475-6]; Stevens 8.2; KM. 196). Extremely fine with a hint of original colour £100-£150 --- Provenance: Bt Baldwin (London) July 1990. Owner’s ticket. In 1790 the authorities in Bombay were informed that the existing copper coins were to be replaced by new machine-struck pieces ordered from England. Thomas Williams (1737-1802), the self-styled ‘Copper King’ and arch-rival of Matthew Boulton, contracted with the Company to supply 100 tons of copper from his mines in Anglesey and elsewhere, but when word reached him at the close of 1790 that the metal was required in Birmingham rather than in London he deliberately delayed its delivery. On 13 January 1791, Robert Wissett (1750-1820), secretary to the Court of Directors in London, formally contracted Matthew Boulton to produce what turned out to be the largest order yet received by Soho. A few pattern one-and-a-half pice with small scales were made (see Lot 417), the simple designs were then amended and approved and Wissett urged Boulton to begin the coinage on 25 February. By 19 March the first order, of nearly 1.5 million one-and-a-half pice, was despatched to St Botolph’s Wharf in London and thence shipped to the Far East on the Company’s Spring sailings, along with two orders of pice. The balance of the order, half-pice and finally double-pice, were coined in the autumn, and by 11 December Boulton could claim to have completed the order, for a total of 17.2 million coins. The coins were issued to the public by a resolution of 7 August 1792, but less than a year later Bombay was clamouring for more coins. Boulton responded by striking 1794-dated double-pice, pice and half-pice, a total of 8.6 million coins, delivered to St Botolph’s Wharf in several batches between January and April 1794. Coinage of 1794-dated one-and-a-half pice was restricted to a few proofs, presumably because the size of the 1791-dated coins of this denomination caused them to be easily confused with double-pice in circulation and hence the authorities saw no need of a second issue (cf. Snartt, SCMB 1978, p.113)

East India Company, Bombay Presidency, European Minting, 1791-4, Soho, copper Proof Double-Pice or 8 Reas, 1791, type A/II, balemark, rev. scales, long pivot with blunt point, adil [Justice] between pans, edge grained right, 13.01g/6h (Prid. 119 [Sale, lots 475-6]; Stevens 8.3; KM. 196). Virtually as struck with brilliant fields, patinated [certified and graded NGC PF 63 BN] £240-£300 --- Provenance: Bt Spink (London) January 1980, ticket. Owner’s ticket

East India Company, Bombay Presidency, European Minting, 1791-4, Soho, bronzed-copper Proof Double-Pice or 8 Reas, 1794, type B/I, balemark, rev. scales, medium-length pivot with sharp point, adil [Justice] between pans, edge grained right, 12.72g/6h (Prid. 122 [Sale, lot 479]; Stevens 8.8; KM. 196). Minor hairlines, otherwise brilliant and virtually as struck [certified and graded NGC PF 63 BN] £200-£260 --- Provenance: P. Snartt (Bristol, UK) Collection SNC (London) May 1980 (3806), ticket. Owner’s ticket

East India Company, Bombay Presidency, European Minting, 1791-4, Soho, gilt-copper Proof Double-Pice or 8 Reas, 1794, type B/I, balemark, rev. scales, medium-length pivot with sharp point, adil [Justice] between pans, edge grained right, 13.32g/6h (Prid. 123 [Sale, lot 480]; Stevens 8.12; KM. 196a). Usual light die rust to right of date a characteristic of gilt Proofs of 1794, good extremely fine and brilliant, most attractive, rare [certified and graded NGC PF 62] £600-£800 --- Provenance: SNC (London) November 1980 (9358), ticket. Owner’s ticket

The first coin made for India by Matthew Boulton East India Company, Bombay Presidency, European Minting, 1791-4, Soho, copper Pattern One-and-a-Half Pice or 6 Reas, 1791, unsigned [perhaps by R. Dumarest], balemark, rev. small scales, adil [Justice] below pans, edge straight-grained, 9.67g/6h (Prid. 124 [Sale, lot 477]; Stevens 8.13; KM. 194). Good extremely fine with original colour, excessively rare, very few specimens known [certified and graded NGC PF 63 BN] £2,000-£3,000 --- Provenance: P. Snartt (Bristol, UK) Collection [acquired post-April 1978] SNC (London) May 1980 (3807), ticket. Two owner’s tickets and envelope. One of a very small number of pattern one-and-a-half pice coined in early February 1791, prior to the reverse design being amended (see footnote to Lot 412). The Pridmore specimen passed to David Fore (Part II, lot 921); at least one other (British Museum, ex Sara Sophia Banks 160-88) is known. Sue Tungate (p.210) suggests that the artist responsible was Rambert Dumarest (1750-1806) and, although there can be no certainty of Dumarest’s hand in these coins he was, in the fitful and frequent absences of Jean-Pierre Droz in the early weeks of 1791, fully engaged in most of the die work at Soho at that time

A fascinating and unique Trial for the One-and-a-Half Pice, 1791 East India Company, Bombay Presidency, European Minting, 1791-4, Soho, a plated copper Trial or Pattern One-and-a-Half Pice or 6 Reas, 1791, struck on a flan intended for a Halfpenny token, balemark, rev. scales with long pivot and one hanging loop, further loops behind, no witness marks in field, adil [Justice] between shallow pans, broad toothed borders both sides, edge payable in dublin or london · · · · ·, 10.81g/6h (Prid. – [not in Sale]; cf. Stevens p.338; KM. –). Good very fine, a fascinating piece, UNIQUE [certified by NGC as a Pice, graded PF 62] £2,000-£3,000 --- Provenance: Wolfson Trust Collection, Sotheby Auction (London), 13 February 1986, lot 316. Owner’s ticket and envelope. A white metal splasher of the reverse exists (Stevens Collection, Part IV, lot 2122) where it was described as a double-pice because of its weight, 13.2g. The size of the dies employed on this finished piece might suggest a pice was the intended denomination, a line of thought followed by the 1986 cataloguer; perhaps, though, with the idea in mind that the first coins to be struck for the Company’s order were one-and-a-half pice, to the weight range of +/- 10g, a random halfpenny token blank (not a Soho product, but more likely from the William Lutwyche manufactory) was employed as an approximate weight equivalent in an effort to provide a second stage in the design and approval process in February 1791

East India Company, Bombay Presidency, European Minting, 1791-4, Soho, copper One-and-a-Half Pice or 6 Reas, 1791, type A/I, balemark, no witness mark below v, rev. scales, narrow chain-holder, adil [Justice] between pans, 9.54g/6h (Prid. 125 [Sale, lot 475]; Stevens 8.16; KM. 195). Good very fine £30-£40 --- Provenance: SNC (London) November 1980 (9359), ticket. Owner’s ticket. Probably from the first batch of coins struck for India by Matthew Boulton in late February/early March 1791

East India Company, Madras Presidency, Early coinages, copper Cash (3), all type V, VIII [1211h/1796-7], Salem, heart-shaped shield incorporating cvei balemark, rev. salem and date in lined square, 1.10g/6h (Prid. 105 [Sale, lot 358]; Stevens 5.103; KM. 311), 1212h [1797-8] (2), both Salem, similar, cvei, 1.17g/3h, 1.09g/6h (Prid. 106 [Sale, lot 358]; Stevens 5.104; KM. 312) [3]. Fine to very fine, last better £50-£70 --- Provenance: First F. Pridmore Collection, Part II, Glendining Auction (London), 18-19 October, 1982, lot 358 (part), ticket; bt Spink (London) February 1983 Third bt A. Szego (Jackson Heights, NY) September 1981. Two owner’s tickets

East India Company, Bombay Presidency, European Minting, 1791-4, Soho, bronzed-copper Proof One-and-a-Half Pice or 6 Reas, 1791, type B/I, balemark, witness mark below v, rev. scales, narrow chain-holder, adil [Justice] between pans, edge grained right, 9.99g/6h (Prid. 126 [Sale, lots 475-6]; Stevens 8.19; KM. 195). Good extremely fine and brilliant, probably very rare from this obverse die [certified and graded NGC PF 63 BN] £150-£200 --- Provenance: SNC (London) February 1982 (765), ticket. Owner’s ticket

East India Company, Bombay Presidency, European Minting, 1791-4, Soho, gilt-copper Proof One-and-a-Half Pice or 6 Reas, 1791, type A/II, balemark, no witness mark below v, rev. scales, wide chain-holder, adil [Justice] between pans, edge grained right, 9.53g/6h (Prid. 127 [Sale, lot 478]; Stevens 8.20; KM. 195a). Trifling marks, otherwise a superb piece, brilliant and as struck, most attractive and the best specimen seen by the cataloguer., rare [certified and graded NGC PF 63 Cameo] £800-£1,000 --- Provenance: Bt H. Kaslove (Ottawa, ONT) August 1982. Owner’s ticket

East India Company, Bombay Presidency, European Minting, 1791-4, Soho, copper Proof One-and-a-Half Pice or 6 Reas, 1794, type A/I, balemark, no witness mark below v, rev. scales, narrow chain-holder, adil [Justice] between pans, edge grained right, 9.66g/6h (Prid. 128 [Sale, lot 479]; Stevens 8.21; KM. 195). Some spotting by 4 of date, otherwise extremely fine [certified and graded NGC Proof Details: Spot Removals] £150-£180 --- Provenance: Format (Birmingham, UK) FPL 10, June 1980 (4803). Owner’s ticket. Most of the 6 reas dated 1794 have grained edges, but some later (or restrike) issues have a plain edge. Although not intended for circulation, the condition of some survivors suggest they must have circulated to a limited extent

East India Company, Bombay Presidency, European Minting, 1791-4, Soho, copper Pice or 4 Reas (2), 1791, type I, balemark, rev. scales with long pivot and one hanging loop, witness marks in field, adil [Justice] between deep pans, 6.17g/6h (Prid. 129 [Sale, lots 475-6]; Stevens 8.22; KM. 193); 1794, type II, similar but medium pivot, no witness marks, 6.29g/6h (Prid. 132 [Sale, lot 479]; Stevens 8.31; KM. 193) [2]. First about extremely fine, second good fine £40-£50 --- Provenance: First bt Baldwin (London) July 1990 Second gift of Spink (London) May 1980, ticket. Owner’s tickets

East India Company, Bombay Presidency, European Minting, 1791-4, Soho, copper Proof Pice or 4 Reas, 1791, type III, balemark, rev. scales with medium pivot and one hanging loop, no witness marks in field, adil [Justice] between shallow pans, edge grained right, 6.49g/6h (Prid. 130 [Sale, lot 475]; Stevens 8.28; KM. 193). Virtually as struck with a hint of original colour and reflective fields, most attractive [certified and graded NGC PF 63 BN] £200-£260 --- Provenance: Bt J. Whitmore (Upper Colwall, UK) May 1979. Owner’s ticket

East India Company, Bombay Presidency, European Minting, 1791-4, Soho, gilt-copper Proof Pice or 4 Reas, 1791, type III, balemark, rev. scales with medium pivot and one hanging loop, no witness marks in field, adil [Justice] between shallow pans, edge grained right, 6.59g/6h (Prid. 131 [Sale, lot 478]; Stevens 8.29; KM. 193a). Brilliant mint state, reflective fields, most attractive, rare [certified and graded NGC PF 63] £600-£800 --- Provenance: Bt H. Kaslove (Ottawa, ONT) August 1982. Owner’s ticket

East India Company, Bombay Presidency, European Minting, 1791-4, Soho, bronzed-copper Proof Pice or 4 Reas, 1794, type III, balemark, rev. scales with medium pivot and one hanging loop, no witness marks in field, adil [Justice] between shallow pans, edge grained right, 6.43g/6h (Prid. 133 [Sale, lot 479]; Stevens 8.32; KM. 193). Virtually as struck, scarce [certified and graded NGC PF 63 BN] £150-£200 --- Provenance: Format (Birmingham, UK) FPL 10, June 1980 (4800). Owner’s ticket