Lot 4237

Description

Bengal Presidency, Princeps Contract Coinage, 1780-1784, madosie or half anna, quarter anna, eighth anna, sixteenth anna, all in the name of Shah Alam II (A.H. 1173-1221, A.D. 1759-1806), Regnal year 22, A.H. 1195 (1780-1781), struck on flans of various sizes, (KM.120, 123, 125, 127, Pr.192, 195, 198. 200); two and one (2) pice (KM.29, 56, 63, 72, Pr.204, 207, 211, 309); 1831-5 one pie (KM.59, Pr.215), half anna (KM.59, Pr.213) (illustrated); Madras Presidency, one, two and four pice 1825 (KM.428, 429, 431); British India, East India Company, half anna 1845 (illustrated), quarter anna 1857, 1858, half pice 1853, (KM.464, 463, 447). Fine - uncirculated, some with mint red. (17)

Ex Bramwell C. Jellett Collection.