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East India Company, Bombay Presidency, Early coinages: Mughal style, silver Rupee in the nam...
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East India Company, Bombay Presidency, Early coinages: Mughal style, silver Rupee in the name of William and Mary (1101-6h/1688-94), Mumbai, yr 5 [1693-4], sikka zad dauran king william an kween mary [Coin struck during the reign of king William and queen Mary], rev. sanah julus 5 angrez shaheen zarb munbai [Struck at Mumbai in the auspicious year 5 of the English rulers], 11.51g/2h (Prid. 27 [not in Sale]; Stevens 1.26; Goron, SCMB 1985, p.110, 2, this coin; KM. 148.2). Small flan fault on reverse at 10 o’clock, otherwise about extremely fine and struck on a broad flan, toned, very rare £6,000-£8,000 --- Provenance: Bt Seaby (London) December 1984. Owner’s ticket and envelope. Literature: Illustrated in Stan Goron, ‘Four East India Company rupees struck in the name of William and Mary’, SCMB April 1985. The owner’s index card states: “Tipped off by Stan Goron in Sept. 84 that Seaby were going to purchase a huge mogul collection, mostly rubbish but few gems. Phoned Michael Dickinson and obtained first refusal of 3 W & M’s (Originally told that 2 diff. 5’s were in collection)...On 10 Dec. while in London phoned & D said Laurence Brown had taken over the collection. At this point I felt they had a more favoured buyer & coins had been lost to me. Saw Brown on Thurs. 11 Dec. and after little dickering [agreed a price for the two, i.e. this coin and the next Lot]”
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East India Company, Bombay Presidency, Early coinages: Mughal style, silver Rupee in the name of William and Mary (1101-6h/1688-94), Mumbai, yr 5 [1693-4], sikka zad dauran king william an kween mary [Coin struck during the reign of king William and queen Mary], rev. sanah julus 5 angrez shaheen zarb munbai [Struck at Mumbai in the auspicious year 5 of the English rulers], 11.51g/2h (Prid. 27 [not in Sale]; Stevens 1.26; Goron, SCMB 1985, p.110, 2, this coin; KM. 148.2). Small flan fault on reverse at 10 o’clock, otherwise about extremely fine and struck on a broad flan, toned, very rare £6,000-£8,000 --- Provenance: Bt Seaby (London) December 1984. Owner’s ticket and envelope. Literature: Illustrated in Stan Goron, ‘Four East India Company rupees struck in the name of William and Mary’, SCMB April 1985. The owner’s index card states: “Tipped off by Stan Goron in Sept. 84 that Seaby were going to purchase a huge mogul collection, mostly rubbish but few gems. Phoned Michael Dickinson and obtained first refusal of 3 W & M’s (Originally told that 2 diff. 5’s were in collection)...On 10 Dec. while in London phoned & D said Laurence Brown had taken over the collection. At this point I felt they had a more favoured buyer & coins had been lost to me. Saw Brown on Thurs. 11 Dec. and after little dickering [agreed a price for the two, i.e. this coin and the next Lot]”
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