East India Company, Madras Presidency, Early coinages, copper Dudus or 10 Cash,...

East India Company, Madras Presidency, Early coinages, copper Dudus or 10 Cash, first issue (2), 1709, balemark incorporating cce, rev. date between wavy lines, 8.08g/12h (Prid. 28 [Sale, lot 354]; Stevens 1.31; KM. 291), 1716, similar, 8.55g/10h (Prid. 29 [Sale, lot 354]; Stevens 1.34; KM. 291) [2]. First fine, second very fine, both very rare; only one other specimen of each date recorded by Snartt [British Museum] £90-£120

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

Provenance
F. Pridmore Collection, Part II, Glendining Auction (London), 18-19 October, 1982, lot 354 (part), tickets.

Footnote
Owner’s tickets.

Stevens (p.360) attributed the first coin to 1704 on account of the similarity of its last digit to the letter y; Pridmore and Snartt preferred 1709