Copper Double Pice Pattern, Banaras Mint, in the name of Shah Alam II, AH 1221/ RY 48, wit

Copper Double Pice Pattern, Banaras Mint, in the name of Shah Alam II, AH 1221/ RY 48, with Fish and Trishul marks on obverse and a Trishul mark on reverse (P. Stevens# 7.175, Prid# 299). Very fine+, exceedingly rare. The patterns were prepared by Dr Yeld the Mint and Assay Master of Banaras mint, with a view to make the designs more difficult to copy as he had noticed a problem with the Company’s copper coins being spuriously manufactured in neighbouring territories. He proposed that blanks for the coins should be made in Calcutta and shipped over to Banaras for manufacturing new coins. But t

Sold for ₹1,50,000

Auction: Auction #78 · Oswal Antiques · 2019-04-05 · Estimate: ₹ 150000 - ₹ 200000

Category: East India Company : Bengal Presidency

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