† Coins of India. East India Company. Bombay Presidency, Tin ½-Pice, 1757, obv balemark, rev “½-Pice” (Pr 248; KM 171). About very fine for issue but quite corroded, one of only a few known. ex Parsons collection, with ticket Knowing the humidity and heat of India, it is a wonder that any of these tin/pewter coins survived for 250+ years. We probably owe a debt to the intrepid British travellers of the 18th Century who brought these pieces back with them to add to their curio cabinets. Part of the David Fore Collection of British Indian Coins. £ 800-1000
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