The Puddester Collection (Part I)

East India Company, Bombay Presidency, European minting, 1804 Soho, bronzed-copper Proof Double-Pice, 1804/1219h, arms and supporters, east india company above, date below, rev. scales, adil [Justice] between pans, date below, edge plain, 12.80g/12h (Prid. 195 [Sale, lot 491]; Stevens 8.54; KM. 206). Brilliant, virtually as struck with superb reflective fields, most attractive [certified and graded NGC PF 66 BN] £600-£800

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Puddester Collection.

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P. Snartt (Bristol, UK) Collection
SNC (London) May 1980 (3837), ticket.

Owner’s ticket.

Although mint officials in Bombay had appealed for more English-struck copper coins as far back as December 1802, it was not until almost a year later that Matthew Boulton was able to prepare to fill the order, the presses during the early months of 1803 being largely occupied by the Company’s Madras order. The sculptor John Phillp (1778-1815) was able to turn his hand to the matter at the close of 1803, and a total of 12.2 million 1804-dated coins were shipped to St Botolph’s Wharf in two batches, in January and March/April 1804