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India, Mogul, Akbar (AH 963-1014) AD 1556-1605, silver rupees, in packets described, Allahabad Mint, not dated (M.3052), Lahore Mint, square rupee, 987 (M.3045) (KM. 82.5, 971.1). Last with corner removed, otherwise fine - very fine. (2)
Estimate $80
SOLD $70
India, Mogul, Akbar, (A.H. 963-1014, A.D. 1556-1605), silver rupees, round issue Ahmadabad mint, various years and months, (KM.93.2). Mostly fine - very fine. (27)
Estimate $300
SOLD $340
India, Princely States, Alwar, Muhammad Akbar II, dump rupee of Year 19, (1824-25) (KM.20); Queen Victoria, milled coinage, rupees, 1788 (error date), 1882 (KM. 45) (2). Very fine - good very fine. (3)
Estimate $50
SOLD $80
India, Princely States, Alwar, Queen Victoria, milled coinage, silver rupees, 1788 (error date), 1877, 1878, 1880, 1882, 1891 (KM.45 [4], 46a) (5), paisa, Year 2 (1838-9) in name of Bahadur Shah (KM.25), another Queen Victoria, Year 9 (1865) (KM.Y.1). Silver good very fine - extremely fine, copper fine - very fine. (8)
Estimate $100
SOLD $190
India, Independent Kingdom, Assam, Rudra Simha Sukhrungpha, (SE 1616-1636) AD 1696-1714, rupees SE 1618 (1696), 1622 (1700), 1623 (1701), 1627 (1705) holed, 1632 (1710), half rupee, undated, (KM. 38, 40). Very fine. (6)
Estimate $200
SOLD $220
India, Independent Kingdom, Assam, Brajanatha Simha (SE 1740-1741, AD 1818-1819), half rupees, undated (1818-19) (2), rupee, SE 1739 (1818) (KM.264 [2], 265). Very fine - nearly extremely fine, rare. (3)
Estimate $100
SOLD $360
India, Princely States, Awadh, Shah Alam II, (AH 1173-1221, AD 1759-1806), Lucknow Mint, rupees, obverse AH dates, 1207 (1792-3), 1216 (1801-2) (2 different varieties), 1217 (1802-3) (2 different varieties of 7 in 1217), all with Regnal Year 26 (KM.103.2, C.6). Very fine - extremely fine. (5)
Estimate $100
SOLD $120
India, Princely States, Awadh, Shuja-ud-Daula (AH 1170-1189, AD 1756-1775), in name of Shah Alam II, (AH 1173-1221, AD 1759-1806), Banares Mint, rupees, obverse AH 1174 (1760) Year 2; AH1175 (1761-2) Year 2; AH1179 (1765-6) Year 6 (KM. 36.1 [2], 36.2). In 2x2 holders with full descriptions, fine - very fine and scarce. (3)
Estimate $100
SOLD $70
India, Princely States, Awadh, Shuja-ud-Daula (AH 1170-1189, AD 1756-1775), in name of Shah Alam II, (AH 1173-1221, AD 1759-1806), Banares Mint, rupees, obverse date AH 1175 (1761-2) Year 2; AH 1179 (1765-6) Year 6 (KM. 36.2); Lucknow Mint, copper falus round flan, AH 1229 (1813-4), fixed Regnal Year 26 (KM.98, Val.58). Fine - good very fine and scarce. (4)
Estimate $100
SOLD $80
India, Princely States, Awadh, Sa'adat Ali (AH 1213-1230, AD 1798-1814), in name of Shah Alam II, (AH 1173-1221, AD 1759-1806), Bareli Mint, rupee, obverse, AH date 1213 (1798-9), another 1214 (1799-1800), with fixed Regnal Year 37, reverse, fish, crude dagger and trident, copper paisa, obverse, dagger, reverse, fish, Year [12]1[3], Regnal Year 37, (KM.41, 51.4). Very fine and very scarce. (3)
Estimate $80
SOLD $70
India, Princely States, Awadh, Ghazi-ud-Din Haidar, (AH 1234-1243, 1819-1827), Lucknow Mint, rupees, AH 1238 (1822-3) Year 4, another 1243 (1827-8) Year 9 (KM.165.2, C.39.2). Nearly very fine. (2)
Estimate $50
Passed in
India, Princely States, Awadh, Nasir-ud-Din Haidar, (AH 1243-1253, 1827-1837), Lucknow Mint, rupees, AH 1250 (1834-5) Year 7, (this and next struck on reduced size flans with quarter rupee dies), 1251 (1835-6) Year 8, 1252 (1836-7) Year 9 (2), 1253 (1837-8) Year 9; eighth rupee Year 3, undated but AH 1245 (1829-1830) (KM.199.1, 205.2, 205.3 for first two; C.62.1, 62.2). Mostly very fine, first scarce, second unpublished. (6)
Estimate $110
SOLD $360
India, Princely States, Awadh, Amjad Ali Shah, (AH 1258-1263, 1842-1847), Lucknow Mint, rupees, AH 1262 (1845-6) Year 5, 1263 (1846-7) Year 5; eighth rupee 125(8-9), no year date (KM.330, 336 C.98, 101). Good fine - extremely fine. (3)
Estimate $100
SOLD $160
India, Princely States, Awadh, Wajid Ali Shah, (AH 1263-1272) 1847-1856, Lucknow Mint, rupees, AH 1263 (1847), Year 1; 1265 (1848-9), Year 2; 1266 (1849-1850), Year 3; 1267 (1850-1), Year 4; (KM. 365.1, C.118.1). Nearly extremely fine - extremely fine. (4)
Estimate $150
SOLD $220
India, Princely States, Awadh, Wajid Ali Shah (AH 1263-1272) 1847-1856, Lucknow Mint, rupees, AH 1263 (1847), Year 1; 1264 (1847-8), Year 1; 1264 (1847-8), Year 2 (KM. 365.1, C.118.1). Very fine - extremely fine. (3)
Estimate $120
SOLD $220
India, Princely States, Awadh, Wajid Ali Shah, (AH 1263-1272) 1847-1856, Lucknow Mint, rupees, AH 1268 (1851-2), Year 5; 1269 (1852-3), Year 6; 1269 (1852-3), Year 7; 1271 (1854-5), Year 9/6 overdate unpublished; (KM. 365.3, C.118.3). Good very fine - extremely fine. (4)
Estimate $150
SOLD $200
India, Princely States, Indore, various rulers, Maheshwar Mint, rupee AH1207 (1792-3) (KM.58.2), others [12]75, [12]82, [12]85 (KM.76) (3), eighth rupee not dated (KM.71), Indore Mint, rupees (KM.44) (2), one with counterstamp 3 on obverse. Fine - very fine. (7)
Estimate $80
SOLD $80
India, Princely State, Jaipur, Queen Victoria and Madho Singh II, (A.D. 1880-1922), silver nazarana rupee, with obverse A.D. date 1913, and reverse with regnal year 34, (11.41 g), (KM.147). Toned, extremely fine and scarce.
Estimate $100
SOLD $220
India, Princely State, Jaipur, Man Singh and Edward VIII, nazarana paisas 15/1936, (KM.167). Orange and brown toning, extremely fine or better and very rare.
Estimate $100
SOLD $200
India, Princely States, Kashmir, Ranbir Singh (VS 1914-1942) AD 1857-1885, Fourth Coinage VS1948 (1891), 1949 (1892), 1950 (1893), 1952 (1894) the last date of issue from this mint (KM.21a). Good very fine. (4)
Estimate $120
SOLD $120
India, British, Bengal Presidency, New Calcutta Mint Coinage, 1831-1835, half anna (2), normal and upset issues, one pie (2), (Pr.213, 215, KM.58, 59). Extremely fine, all with traces of original mint bloom. (4)
Estimate $60
SOLD $60
India, British, Bengal Presidency, Calcutta Mint, 1793 Second Milled issue, Perpetual 19 san sicca series, Standard Silver Currency, in the name of Shah Alam II (AH 1173-1221) AD 1759-1806, silver rupee, and half rupees, Regnal Year 19 (fixed), all with privy mark for Calcutta and oblique milling (the rupee with fine milling) (Pr.157-158, KM.97, 98). Very fine or better. (2)
Estimate $50
SOLD $30
India, British, Bengal Presidency, Murshidabad Mint, 1793 Second Milled issue, Perpetual 19 san sicca series, Copies of Standard Gold Currency, in the name of Shah Alam II (AH 1173-1221) AD 1759-1806, mohur struck in silver (2), half mohur struck in silver (2), quarter mohur struck in silver, all Regnal Year 19 (fixed), with privy mark for Murshidabad and with oblique milling to right rupee and quarter rupee, to left half rupees (2), vertical graining on a rupee (Pr.403, 404 (this coin illustrated), 405 (including one being this coin illustrated), 406 (this coin illustrated) (cfKM.100, 101, 103, 112). Extremely fine or better and all very rare. (5)
Estimate $150
SOLD $320
India, British, Bombay Presidency, Indian Design Bombay Minting, half rupees in the name of Muhammad Shah (AH1131-1161) AD 1719-1748, uncertain Regnal Year 24? (Pr.57, KM. SAC. P.57), others (2) probably in the name of Alamgir II (AH 1167-1173) AD 1754-1759, Regnal Year 2, another with date and both with mint name off flan (Pr.71, KM. SAC. C.638). Second coin holed, otherwise fine - very fine all scarce. (3)
Estimate $80
Passed in
India, British, Bombay Presidency, copper pice, various issues, type of 1773, obverse, crown, reverse, bale mark, dates off flan (KM.189) (3), another uncertain date (KM.165), pice, 1808, 1810, 1813, 1815, 1816, 1819, 1826 (KM.198) (7), half pice 1825, 1826 (2) (KM.197) (3). Good - good fine. (14)
Estimate $90
SOLD $80
India, British, Bombay Presidency, machine struck issue, Mumbai Mint type, but struck at Calcutta 1810-1813 for the Malabar Coast, in the name of Alamgir II (A.H.1167-1173, A.D. 1754-1759), no Regnal Year, with complete impression of die on round flan, crescent silver rupee, plain edge, mintmark of inverted crescent on reverse, (Pr. 294, KM.224, BMC 79). Extremely fine and rare, with attractive touches of red tone around letters.
Estimate $90
SOLD $50
India, British, Bombay Presidency, 1833-1834, Bombay Mint, struck with Calcutta dies, 1834 half annas, (4 all with different size value letters), quarter annas, 1833 (3 all with different size value letters), one pie, 1833 (4, one from end of billet, others with different size value letters), obverse, EIC arms with date below, reverse, scales with Arabic date below (Pr.213, 216, 217, 218, 220, 222, 224, KM.261, 232, 233, 234, 251, 252, 253). Mostly - extremely fine, some with mint bloom. (11)
Estimate $100
SOLD $160
India, British, Madras Presidency, Third coinage, 1764-1807, silver double (3) and single fanam, obverse, single standing deity (Vishnu), reverse, Cs interlocked (Pr. 18, 19, KM. 307, 308). Fanam very fine, others fine and scarce. (4)
Estimate $70
SOLD $50
India, British, Madras Presidency, 1803-1808 European minting, Soho Mint Birmingham, proof twenty cash in copper, 1803, heavy issue, obverse company arms, 1803 date below, value in English and Persian, 'twenty cash make four falus', (Pr.190; KM.321). Good extremely fine or better, traces of underlying mint red, scarce.
Estimate $150
SOLD $400
India, British, Madras Presidency, 1803-1808 European Minting, Soho Mint Birmingham, twenty cash in copper, 1803, heavy issue, 1808 light weight issue, ten cash, 1803, five cash 1803 with small and large lettering, (Pr. 190, 197, 199, 208, 208A; KM. 316, 317, 319, 321, 322). Very fine - extremely fine. (5)
Estimate $100
SOLD $80