Lot 622
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Penang, Quarter-Dollar, 1788, Calcutta, balemark of the East India Company over star, dividing date, rev. Arabic legend, edge plain (Pr.2), light tone, extremely fine, perhaps one of the finest known specimens, extremely rare
Penang, Quarter-Dollar, 1788, Calcutta, balemark of the East India Company over star, dividing date, rev. Arabic legend, edge plain (Pr.2), light tone, extremely fine, perhaps one of the finest known specimens, extremely rare

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Penang, Quarter-Dollar, 1788, Calcutta, balemark of the East India Company over star, dividing date, rev. Arabic legend, edge plain (Pr.2), light tone, extremely fine, perhaps one of the finest known specimens, extremely rare

Lot Essay

All of the silver denominations struck for Penang dated 1788 are very rare. However the Quarter Dollar is seen far less often than the Half or Tenth Dollar, and is much the rarest coin of this group.

Also see illustration on back cover