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HM29365

NGC PF63 | EIC, Bengal Presidency, silver Proof Rupee, 1793-1818.

Regular price £2,350
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India, British India, East India Company, Bengal Presidency, Calcutta Mint: Second milled issue, silver Proof Rupee in the name of 'Shah 'Alam II (AH 1173-1221/1759-1806), no hegira date, frozen regnal yr 19 [1793-1818], naming Murshidabad, sikka zad bar haft kishwar saya fazl ilah hami din muhammad shah alam badshah [defender of the religion of Muhammad, Shah 'Alam emperor, shadow of the divine favour, put his stamp on the seven climes], no private marks, rev. zarb murshidabad sanah 19 julus maimanat manus [struck at Murshidabad in the 19th year of his reign of tranquil prosperity], edge grained right, 11.66g, 12h (Prid. 160 [Sale, lot 613]; Stevens 4.19; cf. KM. 108). Brilliant and practically as struck, deeply toned, very rare. NGC PF63.

NGC Certification 6382526-023

Provenance:

Ex Puddester Collection, Part One, Noonans, 8-9 February 2023, Lot 669

P. Snartt (Bristol, UK) Collection

Spink Numismatic Circular (London) April 1980 (3119), ticket.

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