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LOT 4262
India, British. William IV AR Rupee. Dated 1835. Calcutta mint.
William Wyon, engraver. WILLIAM IIII, KING., bare head to right, F in small lettering on truncation / EAST INDIA COMPANY, denomination in English and Urdu within wreath with 19 berries; date below. KM 450.2. Good Very Fine.(11.50gr, 30mm, 11h.).
Provenance
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
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