Lot description:
(x) India, East India Company, Madras Presidency, Rupee, 1823-25 issue for Dacca and Chittagong, Calcutta, milled edge, 12h, 11.66g, m.m rose (KM 427; Prid. 263; Stevens 4.30), some rub to the higher parts and lightly verdigris in areas, otherwise toned, very fine; East India Company, Victoria (1837-1901), Rupee, 1840 C, Calcutta, bust left, with continuous legend, rev. wreath with 19 berries, milled edge, 12h, 11.57g (KM 457.1), cleaned and lightly contact marked, yet about very fine; Rupee, 1840 C, Calcutta, bust left, with continuous legend, rev. wreath with 19 berries, milled edge, 12h, 11.62g (KM 457.1), lightly contact marked, yet toned and with pleasing detail to the hair, very fine; Rupee, 1840 C, Calcutta, bust left, W.W. raised on truncation, rev. 28 berries to wreath, milled edge, 12h, 11.63g (KM 458.2), some light contact marking to otherwise pleasingly lustrous surfaces, a touch of tone to the reverse, extremely fine; Rupee, 1840 C, Calcutta, bust left, W.W. raised on truncation, rev. 28 berries to wreath, milled edge, 12h, 11.65g (KM 458.2), speckled staining to otherwise fully lustrous fields, extremely fine; Two Annas, 1841, C. Calcutta, W.W. raised on truncation, plain edge, 12h, 1.36g (KM 460.2), some rub to otherwise toned surfaces, about very fine (6).
Estimate: £200 - £300 | |