1905 British India Greenwood & Batley Trial Pattern Token - PCGS MS63BN

Description: 1905 British India Greenwood & Batley Trial Piece Colonial Pattern Token/Rupee - PCGS MS63BN - Very Rare! Only One Graded Higher at PCGS! 24mm. Struck as trials of new coining presses sold to India by Greenwood & Batley, LTD. Obverse: Bengal tiger standing left in grass with a palm behind. All within central medallion with legend around.Legend: DUNCAN, STRATTON & Co. BOMBAYReverse: Cipher of the coining press manufacturer (G&B) within central medallion with double bands of legends.Legend: GREENWOOD & BATLEY LIMITED / ALBION WORKS LEEDS In February 1905, Duncan Stratton & Co. of 9 Marine Street, Bombay, on behalf of H. H. the Nizam of Hyderabad's mint, ordered coin presses from Greenwood and Batley of Leeds. These presses, to strike coins of one, half, quarter and eighth rupee, were dispatched in February 1906. The manufacturers made dies and struck 'proving pieces' to test the equipment and to 'prove' the efficiency of the minting presses to the purchasers. Proving pieces for each of the four coin sizes each bear the same designs. Thomas Greenwood (1803-1873) and John Batley established the Greenwood and Batley partnership in 1856. They were electrical Mechanical engineers who specialised in manufacturing small arms and ammunition at the Albion Foundry, Leeds. They later moved to the Albion Works, Armley, Leeds, where this proving piece was struck. The company became Limited in 1888. They supplied coining presses and associated machinery to several foreign governments (firstly; China in 1887: at Tientsin). The Greenbat trade mark was adopted in 1967 and the company later became Greenbat Ltd., in 1973 (Hawkins 1989, pp. 552-553). Please Check out Our Web Site : antebellumnumismatics. com where you can see many new purchases and other listings. Please reach out to us if you have any questions about any listings you see. *Combined Shipping Available ON ALL Items, Request an Invoice or we will send you one after one business day. 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Price: 375 USD

Location: Harvest, Alabama

End Time: 2024-11-23T19:40:30.000Z

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