Triton XIX, Lot: 2470. Estimate $5000. Sold for $20000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

INDIA, Colonial. British India. William IV. King of the United Kingdom, 1830-1837. Restrike Proof AV Double Mohur (33mm, 23.37 g, 12h). East India Company Issue. Calcutta mint; Robert Saunders, mintmaster. Lord William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, Governor-General of India. Dated 1835. WILLIAM IIII, KING., head right; R.S. on truncation of neck; 1835. below head / EAST INDIA COMPANY, lion advancing left; palm tree behind; in exergue, TWO MOHURS above do ashrafi in Persian; Edge: |||||. UCI 1.4; Pridmore 3; Friedberg 1592b. Proof, polished, some light hairlines.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams.

These double mohurs have always been popular with collectors, and restrikes of them continued until 1970 when the practice was discontinued.