366, Lot: 257. Estimate $300. Sold for $320. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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COLONIAL ISSUES, British India. Bengal Presidency. 1651-1835. AV Half Mohur (23mm, 6.14 g, 1h). Jeweler's copy. Murshidabad (Calcutta) mint. Dually dated AH 1202 and RY 19 of Shah Alam II (Struck 1793). Persian couplet citing Shah Alam II; AH date in lower field; mint triple pellets of same size, imitating secret mark / Mint formula and RY date; private marks around
min and below
shin. Edge: /////. Pridmore 63; Friedberg 1538. EF.
From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams, purchased from Scott E. Cordry, June 1988.