| Sovereign Rarities Ltd > Auction 12 | Auction date: 21 February 2024 |
| Lot number: 258 Price realized: Unsold | |
| Lot description: India, British India, East India Company, Bombay Presidency, later coinages: Mughal-style gold Mohur, Bombay [but naming Surat], 1825-31 issue, in the name of Shah 'Alam II (AH 1173-1221/1759-1806), frozen regnal year 46, sikka mubarak badshah ghazi shah alam [The auspicious coin of the victorious emperor Shah Alam], privy mark 5 incorporating star at left and a normal crown at right, rev. zarb surat sanah 46 julus maimanat manus [Struck at Surat in the 46th year of tranquil prosperity], (Stevens 3.5; KM 248). Graded by NGC as AU DETAILS Reverse Graffiti. NGC Certification 4863615-015 Starting price: 550 GBP |  |
Match 1:
| Sovereign Rarities Ltd > Auction 11 | Auction date: 16 November 2023 |
| Lot number: 135 Price realized: Unsold | |
| Lot description: g India, British India, East India Company, Bombay Presidency, Later coinages: Mughal-style gold Mohur, Bombay [but naming Surat], 1825-31 issue, in the name of Shah 'Alam II (AH 1173-1221/1759-1806), frozen regnal year 46, sikka mubarak badshah ghazi shah alam [The auspicious coin of the victorious emperor Shah Alam], privy mark 5 incorporating star at left and a normal crown at right, rev. zarb surat sanah 46 julus maimanat manus [Struck at Surat in the 46th year of tranquil prosperity] (Stevens 3.5; KM 248). Graded by NGC as AU Details Reverse Graffiti. NGC Certification 4863615-015 g This item is sold under the investment gold scheme. VAT may be reclaimed on investment gold lots by VAT registered traders. Starting price: 560 GBP |  |
Match 2:
| Classical Numismatic Group > Triton XXVII | Auction date: 9 January 2024 |
| Lot number: 1143 Price realized: 16,000 USD (Approx. 14,654 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: INDIA, Colonial. British India. Bengal Presidency. 1699-1835. AV Mohur (19.5mm, 11.65 g, 6h). In the name of Shah 'Alam II (AH 1173-1221 / 1759-1806). Murshidabad mint. Dually dated AH 1180 and RY 8 (1766/7). sikka zad bar haft kishwar saya fazl ilah hami din muhammad shah alam badshah / zarb murshidabad sanah 8 julus maimanat manus; C to right of RY. CEEIC 2.7 = Pridmore 15 = KM A94 = Friedberg 1526 (this coin illustrated). Once gilt and lightly polished, attractive orange toning. VF. An apparently unique coin of great interest and importance. Ex Robert P. Puddester Collection; F. Pridmore Collection (Part II, Glendining, 18 October 1982), lot 569, purchased from Spink, May 1983; Singapore 24 (27 February 1997), lot 640; Adolphe Menjou Collection (Kreisberg & Schulman 1, 25 January 1957), lot 1587; R. D. Wills Collection (Glendining, 6 December 1938), lot 212. The large C prominently displayed on the reverse of this exceedingly rare Mohur may indicate that it was part of a special issue authorized by the English government in Calcutta. Paul Stevens writes 'another possible interpretation is that the letter C was the initial letter of Robert Clive, the Governor of Calcutta at the time.' Estimate: 20000 USD |  |
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| Classical Numismatic Group > Triton XXVII | Auction date: 9 January 2024 |
| Lot number: 1150 Price realized: 3,250 USD (Approx. 2,977 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: INDIA, Colonial. British India. Bengal Presidency. 1699-1835. AR Pattern Mohur or Rupee (27mm, 12.44 g, 12h). Second milled issue. In the name of Shah 'Alam II (AH 1173-1221 / 1759-1806). Murshidabad (Calcutta) mint. Dated RY 19 of Shah Alam II (1793). sikka zad bar haft kishwar saya fazl ilah hami din muhammad shah alam badshah / zarb murshidabad sanah 19 julus maimanat manus. Edge: plain. CEEIC 3.2; Pridmore 347; KM Pn8. In NGC encapsulation 6382526-044, graded PF 63. Small tone spot in center of reverse. Mirror like fields. Rare. Ex Robert P. Puddester Collection, purchased from Spink, May 1983; F. Pridmore Collection (Part II, Glendining, 18 October 1982), lot 679 (part of). Estimate: 1500 USD |  |
Match 4:
| Classical Numismatic Group > Triton XXVII | Auction date: 9 January 2024 |
| Lot number: 1148 Price realized: 3,750 USD (Approx. 3,435 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: INDIA, Colonial. British India. Bengal Presidency. 1699-1835. CU Pattern Half Anna – Madosie (28mm, 14.20 g, 6h). In the name of Shah 'Alam II (AH 1173-1221 / 1759-1806). Murshidabad (Pulta) mint. Dually dated AH 1195 and RY 22 (December 1780-April 1781). shah alam badshah 1195; large star above; small star below / sanah 22 julus, five stars around. Edge: plain. CEEIC 3.7 = E. Wodak, "John Prinsep's Copper Coins for Bengal– 2," Spink Numismatic Circular LXVI.3 (March 1958), fig. 2 (this coin illustrated); Pridmore –; KM –. Iridescent brown surfaces with hints of red, traces of hard green. Much as struck. Very rare. Ex Robert P. Puddester Collection; D. Fore Collection (Part II, Baldwin's 82, 31 May 2013), lot 886, purchased from Spink, 1997; C. E. Pitchfork Collection (Part III, Noble 48, 11 July 1995), lot 2135, purchased c. 1970-1971; E. Wodak Collection. Estimate: 1500 USD |  |
Match 5:
| Classical Numismatic Group > Triton XXVII | Auction date: 9 January 2024 |
| Lot number: 1146 Price realized: 35,000 USD (Approx. 32,057 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: INDIA, Colonial. British India. Bengal Presidency. 1699-1835. AR Pattern Double Rupee (34mm, 23.51 g, 6h). Prinsep's coinage. In the name of Shah 'Alam II (AH 1173-1221 / 1759-1806). Murshidabad (Pulta) mint. Triply dated AH 1198, RY 26 of Shah Alam II, and 1784. sikka zad bar haft kishwar saya fazl ilah hami din muhammad shah alam badshah 1198 / zarb murshidabad sanah 19 julus maimanat manus. Edge: UNITED EAST INDIA COMPANY 1784 (six-ray star stops). CEEIC 3.1; Pridmore 346; KM Pn9. Richly toned. In NGC encapsulation 6382530-002, graded PF 63. A most impressive coin. A great rarity of the Indian series. Ex Robert P. Puddester Collection; F. Pridmore Collection (Part II, Glendining, 18 October 1982), lot 674. John Prinsep (1748-1830) was the son of an Oxfordshire vicar. Seeing few opportunities for advancement in England, he joined the East India Company as a cadet, landing in Bombay in 1771. It appears that the young Prinsep soon decided to abandon his army career in favour of the commercial opportunities India offered him; he never joined the Company's army and resigned his commission in 1772. Having worked for several London cloth merchants before leaving for India, Prinsep soon became involved in the East India Company's cotton trade. In 1779, Prinsep began to cultivate and manufacture indigo in Nilgang, and while it appears this venture was profitable from the outset, events on the other side of the world would lead to Prinsep making his fortune. During the second half of the eighteenth century, one of the main sources of indigo was the plantations of South Carolina, so that indigo dye accounted for more than one-third of the value of all exports from the American colonies. The outbreak of the American War of Independence disrupted this trade at exactly the moment when Prinsep began producing indigo at Nilgang, allowing Indian producers to take control of this highly lucrative market. Following the discovery of copper mines at Rotasgarh, in 1780 Prinsep secured a contract to strike copper coins at a mint which he established in Pulta. In 1784, Prinsep tried to persuade the Calcutta Board to let him issue a new silver and gold coinage for Bengal, pointing out that the equipment in use at his new mint in Pulta was superior to what was then in use at the Calcutta mint. Following the resignation in January 1785 of the Calcutta mint master, James Paxton, it appears that Prinsep produced a small number of pattern coins dated 1784, including the present piece. Prinsep sent these to the Court of Directors in London in an attempt to persuade them to appoint him as the new mint master, but was unsuccessful. This setback hardly hindered Prinsep, however, who returned to England in 1788 having amassed a colossal fortune. He went on to pursue an active political career, including serving as MP for Queenborough from 1802-6, before his death at an advanced age in 1830. Estimate: 20000 USD |  |
