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Letters and notes concerned with the disposal of coins from the Royal Asiatic Society's Collections. the correspondence is between Colonel Hoysted, Secretary of Royal Asiatic Society, Sir Richard Burn, R.B Whitehead, Philip Thorburn and J.Allen. 27 items, typed and handwritten.

Plaster cast coins mounted on a piece of card with the heading, "JRAS 1929, Plate VI, R. B. Whitehead. P.259." This plate accompanies the article by R.B. Whitehead, "Akbar II as Pretender: A Study in Anarchy". With the coins is a letter from Stephen Austin and Sons Ltd., dated 29th November 1933, in which they write that they have found a few plaster casts of coins and some photo negatives of Chinese and other inscriptions.