Bombay 1728 pice
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This specimen was lot 2595 in Stephen Album sale 50 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2024), where it sold for $120. The catalog description[1] noted, "{India, Bombay Presidency|BOMBAY PRESIDENCY]]: AE paisa, 1728, large crown, G R separate by the orb, BOMB below // Latin legend, date below, F-VF, R, ex Solar Collection." While the EIC issues of the 1790's made by the Soho mint are familiar to collectors, the earlier local issues are seldom seen. The SCWC catalogs this as a "pice". The reverse is intnended to read, "AUSPICIO/REGIS ET/SENATUS/ANGLIAE".
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 8.55-8.87 g, copper, this specimen 9.04 g.
Catalog reference: KM 165, Stv-2.104.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- [1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 50, featuring selections from the Dr. Robert A. Rosenfeld Collection, the Hakim Hamidi Collection, the Almer H. Orr III Collection and the Solar Collection, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2024.
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