Sale 25

Auction 25


Bombay & Madras Presidencies
 
 
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Lot 1508

Item 207575
BOMBAY PRESIDENCY: AR ½ rupee (5.80g), Jambusar, year 2 (on obverse). Cr-—, arrow within S of jalus, not assigned to a specific ruler, much rarer than the full rupee, issued under the East India Company, choice EF, RRR, ex Paul Stevens Collection.
Estimated Value$220 - 300
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$300
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Lot 1509

Item 207558
BOMBAY PRESIDENCY: AR rupee (11.22g), Maheshwar, AH1179. KM-—. Battle-axe and lingam on reverse, the only known date with the battle-axe, now associated with the East India Company, choice EF, RRR, ex Paul Stevens Collection.
Estimated Value$300 - 500.

Virtually unpublished, the date is only known from an unsold auction lot (Baldwin's Auction 40, Lot 955), probably this piece, though without description, acquired by the consignor later the same year from a London source. Maheswar later became a mint for the State of Indore.
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$700
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Lot 1510

Item 208117
BOMBAY PRESIDENCY: AE 2 pice, 1791. KM-196. East India Company, NGC graded PF63 BR.
Estimated Value$175 - 250
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$240
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Lot 1511

Item 207405
BOMBAY PRESIDENCY: AR ½ rupee, "Surat", AH1215 year 46 (frozen). KM-223. Beautifully toned, extremely rare in this quality, PCGS graded MS62, RR.
Estimated Value$300 - 400
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$260
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Lot 1512

Item 207588
BANDAR DHOLAREH (Bombay Presidency): AE paisa (9.50g), Bandar Dholareh, AH1225. KM-—. sarkar kampani bahadur & Hijri date / zarb bandar dholarah, VF, RRR, ex Paul Stevens Collection.
Estimated Value$200 - 300.

Legend refers to the British East India Company. This type was published by Bhandare & Stevens in JONS in 2012 (vol. 212, pp. 17-22).
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$300
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Lot 1513

Item 207565
BOMBAY PRESIDENCY:LOT of 8 silver rupees and 1 contemporary copper-center forgery, type KM-347, Pune mint, ankus mark in S of jalus, dated in the Fasli era: FE1233, 1234 (2 pcs), 1235, 1236, 1237 (7 recut over 8), 1240, and 1242, plus contemporary forgery of FE1243, average nice VF, some with banker's marks, lovely group, retail value $450, lot of 9 pieces, ex Paul Stevens Collection.
Estimated Value$250 - 350.

Struck under the authority of the British East India Company.
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$260
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Lot 1514

Item 207567
BOMBAY PRESIDENCY: BAGALKOT:LOT of 6 silver rupees struck under the authority of the British East India Company at former Maratha mints: Bagalkot: KM-348, dated 1819 in English numerals (2 pcs, both VF, one with 1 scratch); Belgaum: KM-30 (listed by KM under Kolhapur), dated 1821 in English numerals, struck at the Shahpura local mint (VF, 2 small testmarks); and Gulshanabad (Nasik): KM-324, AH1234 (VF, banker's marks); 1236 (EF), and 1244 (EF), the last date unlisted in KM, retail value $650, lot of 6 pieces, ex Paul Stevens Collection.
Estimated Value$400 - 500
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$325
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Lot 1515

Item 207576
BOMBAY PRESIDENCY: BHAKHAR:LOT of 10 silver rupees of the Bhakhar mint in Sind after acquisition by the British government: Cr-11 (hare / British lion): AH1259, 1261; Cr-12 (no animal symbols): 1264 (2 pcs, one with strange symbol in S of jalus), 1265, 1266, 1267, 1268, and 1269; Cr-13 (hare / peacock): 1259 (rare, but only Fine with some flatness); all VF or slightly better (except as noted), nice strikes, retail value $550, lot of 10 pieces, ex Paul Stevens Collection.
Estimated Value$325 - 425
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$375
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Lot 1516

Item 207577
BOMBAY PRESIDENCY: BHAKHAR:LOT of 11 silver rupees of the Bhakhar mint after acquisition by the British authorities: Cr-11 (hare / British lion): AH1259 (4 pcs); Cr-12 (no animal symbols): 1264 (2 pcs), 1265 (2 pcs), 1266, 1268, and 1269; average VF, retail value $450, lot of 11 pieces, ex Paul Stevens Collection.
Estimated Value$300 - 350
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Lot 1517

Item 207566
BOMBAY PRESIDENCY: PUNE:LOT of 6 silver rupees, type KM-325, Pune mint, scissors mark in S of jalus, dated in the Fasli era: FE1231 (2 pcs), 1232, 1241, 1243, and 1244, all VF or nicer, retail value $300, lot of 6 pieces, ex Paul Stevens Collection.
Estimated Value$200 - 250.

Struck under the authority of the British East India Company.
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$160
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Lot 1518

Item 208558
MADRAS PRESIDENCY: AE ½ dudu (3.04g), 169(1). KM-290. CC/E bale mark / date in 2 lines, VF, RR.
Estimated Value$100 - 150
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$170
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Lot 1519

Item 201070
MADRAS PRESIDENCY: AE ½ dudu (3.17g). KM-285. Struck at Madras by the British East India Company for use at Benkulen (Fort York) on Sumatra, EF.
Estimated Value$150 - 200.

The Bencoolen Presidency was a British possession in Sumatra based in the area of what is now Bengkulu City. In 1785 it was downgraded to Bencoolen Residency and placed under the Bengal Presidency. The British ceded Fort Marlborough and Benculen (Bengkulu) to the Dutch as part of the Anglo-Dutch Treaty of 1824. The type is variously dated from the 1680s to the early 1700s.
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$160
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Lot 1520

Item 202172
MADRAS PRESIDENCY: AE 2½ cash, ND (1807). KM-309. Values in Persian and English / Tamil and Telugu, choice VF to EF.
Estimated Value$140 - 200
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$600
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Lot 1521

Item 195610
MADRAS PRESIDENCY: AE 10 cash, 1808. KM-319. From the Admiral Gardner Wreck, brockage error of reverse, also denominated in Persian as "two falus", surface hairlines, NGC graded EF details.
Estimated Value$90 - 100.

The Admiral Gardner was on her sixth voyage to the East as a regular East India Company vessel, and commanded by William Eastfield, when she was wrecked off South Foreland on the Goodwin Sands on 25 January 1809. She was carrying 54 tons of specially minted 10 & 20 cash copper coinage struck at the Soho Mint, Birmingham.
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$375
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Lot 1522

Item 203206
MADRAS PRESIDENCY: AE cash, 1803. KM-315. East India Company issue, NGC graded MS63 BR.
Estimated Value$70 - 90
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$120
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Lot 1523

Item 207324
MADRAS PRESIDENCY: AE 1/48 rupee (dub), Soho mint, 1797. KM-398. East India Company issue, NGC graded PF65 BR.
Estimated Value$800 - 1,000
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$800
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Lot 1524

Item 207492
MADRAS PRESIDENCY: AR 2 rupees (18.13g), Arkat (Arcot), AH1172 year 6 (frozen). KM-404.2. VF, R.
Estimated Value$800 - 1,000.

The weight-loss was the result of the coin's burial in the sea. From the wreck of the British East Indiaman ship, the Arniston, which sank off the coast of South Africa, by the village of Waenhuiskrans. Of the 378 persons on board, only six survived, and later, the town was renamed Arniston, as it is known to the present day.
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$800
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Lot 1525

Item 207406
MADRAS PRESIDENCY: AR rupee, "Arkat", AH1172 year 6 (frozen). KM-427. Vertical milling, struck at Calcutta 1823-1825, PCGS graded MS63.
Estimated Value$200 - 300
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