Catalogue
Madras Presidency, Fort St. David or Tegnapatam, copper cash, c. 1740, inscribed in Tamil either side, 'Honourable' on obverse and 'Company' on reverse, (Pr. 289, KM. 378). Very fine and excessively rare.
Estimate $200
SOLD $120
Madras Presidency, silver rupee, date off flan of year 6 type, Arcot mint, mm. lotus, (KM.384), two fanams of c.1765-1807 (KM.308), fanam of c.1700-1735 (KM.298). Good fine - good very fine. (3)
Estimate $50
SOLD $300
Madras Presidency, Pattern silver two annas, 1808, struck at Madras, European Style Coinage, with English in unusual script, oblique milled, (Pr.309, not in KM). Extremely fine and extremely rare.
Estimate $400
SOLD $1,200
Madras Presidency, Northern Circars, copper dub or 1/48 rupee 1794, struck at Soho Mint Birmingham (Pr. 310). Bombay Presidency, copper half pice or 2 reas, 1794 struck at French Ordinary Court London (Pr.138). Nearly uncirculated. (2)
Estimate $200
SOLD $400
Madras Presidency, Northern Circars, European style coinages, 1794-97, copper struck at the Soho Mint, Birmingham, dub (1/48 rupee) and half dub (1/96 rupee) 1794 and 1797 (illustrated) (Pr.310, 313 error with plain edge, 319, 316, 323 (2, one muled with 1794 obverse). The plain edge piece pitted, otherwise very fine - good extremely fine. (6)
Estimate $400
SOLD $800
Madras Presidency, Northern Circars, European style coinages, 1794-7, struck at the Soho Mint Birmingham, bronzed copper proof, dub or 1/48 rupee 1794 (Pr.311), copper proof 1797 (Pr.317), bronzed copper proof half dub or 1/96 rupee, 1794 (Pr.322, mule with 1797 obverse). Nearly FDC. (3)
Estimate $300
SOLD $700
Madras Presidency, 1794-1797 European Minting, Soho mint Birmingham, proof dub and half dub in copper, 1794, obv. company arms, 48 or 96 below, rev. Balemark, and date 1794 below, (Pr. 311, 320, KM. 392, 394). Both with minor edge knocks, otherwise nearly FDC, with even brown tone, both scarce. (2)
Estimate $250
SOLD $650
Madras Presidency, 1794-1797 European Minting, Soho mint Birmingham, proof dub and half dub in copper, 1794, obv. company arms, 48 or 96 below, rev. Balemark, and date 1794 below, both with lettered edges, (Pr. 311, 320, KM. 392, 394). FDC, with even brown tone, both scarce. (2)
Estimate $250
SOLD $500
Madras Presidency, 1794-1797 European Minting, Soho mint Birmingham, proof dub and half dub in copper, 1794, obv. company arms, 48 or 96 below, rev. Balemark, and date 1794 below, (Pr. 311, 320, KM. 392, 394). The half dub with minor edge knocks, otherwise nearly FDC, with even brown tone, both scarce. (2)
Estimate $200
SOLD $400
Madras Presidency, 1794-1797 European Minting, Soho mint Birmingham, proof dub and half dub in copper, 1797, obv. company arms, 48 or 96 below, rev. Balemark, and date 1797 below, (Pr. 316, 324, KM. 397, 398). FDC, with even dark and light brown tones, scarce. (2)
Estimate $500
SOLD $800
Madras Presidency, copper half dub (ten cash), Masulipatam mint, Northern Circars issue, 1807, obverse in Arabic and reverse in Telugu and Tamil, (KM.327, Pr.329). Nearly very fine and scarce.
Estimate $200
SOLD $250
Madras Presidency, Northern Circars, European style coinage (1807) copper regulating dub, the value "this and three new dubs are one small fanam" in all three scripts (Pr.336) Extremely fine and rare.
Estimate $300
SOLD $500
Madras Presidency, ten cash 1803, one cash 1803 (red uncirculated), Northern Circars, half dub or 1/96 rupee 1797 EIC, copper half anna 1845 (serif) quarter anna 1835, 1858 (red uncirculated) halfpice 1853 (2, one red uncirculated) half pice 1853 (2, one red uncirculated) twelfth anna 1848; Imperial, copper quarter annas 1874, 1897, 1901, 1906 all red 1907, bronze-half pice 1914 (red), twelfth anna 1915, 1926, 1939, bronze pice 1944 (red), cupro-nickel and nickel brass issues, eight annas 1919, two annas 1926, 1935, 1947, anna 1909, 1927, 1941, 1934, 1947 half anna 1944, 1946, quarter rupee 1947. Very fine - uncirculated. (31)
Estimate $300
SOLD $300