Catalogue
Banswarra, Shambhu Singh (A.D. 1906-1914) and Sir Pirthi Singh (A.D. 1914-1947), issues c.1905-1920, Nazarana issues, silver rupees thick flan, another broad thin flan, half rupee, quarter rupee, eighth rupee, (KM.20-23), copper paisa on square flan with obverse of solar symbols and reverse traces of nagari inscription, (KM.-, IMC 1 p.218 Pl.XIII,5). Some with mint bloom, extremely fine - uncirculated, paisa very fine, all scarce. (6)
Estimate $100
SOLD $0
Bikanir, Ganga Singh (VS 1944-1999, A.D. 1887-1942), milled coinage issued in the name of Queen Victoria, Bikanir mint, silver rupees, 1892 (8), 1897, (KM. 72, Y.18). Very good - fine a few better. (9)
Estimate $80
SOLD $60
Bhopal, Sikandar Begam (A.H. 1261-1285, A.D. 1844-1868), silver rupees, regal year 5, 1271 (1854-5) (2 one small another large flan); no regal year, 1275 (1858-9) (3 different varieties); year 5, 1279 (1862-3); year 8, 1282 (1865-6); (KM. Y.10). Mostly very fine or better, some scarce. (7)
Estimate $80
SOLD $0
Bundi, Raghubir Singh (VS 1946-1984, A.D. 1889-1927), Bundi mint, silver rupee in name of Edward VII with standing figure on obverse, large flan, year VS 1958, (1901); another VS 1959 (1902), (KM. Y.11), Fine - very fine and scarce.
Estimate $50
SOLD $30
Bundi, in name of Edward VII, under Raghubir Singh small flan (VS 1946-1984, A.D. 1889-1927), silver rupees, with katar and English legend on obverse, years VS 1963 (1906); VS 1964 (1907); VS 1965 (1908); VS 1966 (1909); (KM. Y.14). Very fine. (4)
Estimate $60
SOLD $30
Bundi, in name of George V, under Raghubir Singh small flan (VS 1946-1984, A.D. 1889-1927), silver rupees, with katar and English legend on obverse, years VS 1979 (1922); VS 1980 (1923); VS 1981 (1924); VS 1982 (1925) (2); (KM. Y.18.2). Very fine. (5)
Estimate $80
SOLD $60
Cannanore, Various rulers known as Ali Rajas, (Lord of the Deep), (A.H. 1122-1231, A.D. 1710-1815), silver fifth rupees, various dates, 1168 (1754-5), 1631 (error date 1231 = 1815-6), 8711 (error date for 1178 = 1764-5), (KM 5). Extremely fine, the 1168 date unpublished. (3)
Estimate $50
SOLD $40
Cannanore, Various rulers known as Ali Rajas, (Lord of the Deep), (A.H. 1122-1231, A.D. 1710-1815), silver fifth rupees, various dates, 1181 (1767-8), 1188 (1774-5), 1194 (1780) (2), 121 (die engravers error missing last number), 8711 (error date for 1178) (1764-5), (2), (KM 5). Nearly extremely fine, die error unpublished. (7)
Estimate $100
SOLD $80
Gwalior, Daulat Rao, (A.H. 1209-1243, A.D. 1794-1827), in name of Mohammad Akbar II (A.H.1221-1253, A.D. 1806-1837), Sheopur mint, silver rupees, all with date 1228, regal years 15, 17, and 27, obv. cannon to left, rev. date 1228, (KM. 201). Very fine. (3)
Estimate $70
SOLD $60
Gwalior, Madho Rao, (VS 1943-1982, A.D. 1886-1925), milled coinage quarter annas, VS 1953-1958 (1896-1901) (7); VS 1970, 1974, (thick and thin planchets) (9 variants); half pice VS 1956-8 (1899-1901); Jivaji Rao, (A.D. 1925-1948), quarter anna 1929, 1942, half anna 1942 (3 including proof); all Lashkar mint; Rajod mint, obv. lingam to right, AE paisa (1873); others (6), (KM. 142-3, 146, 164, 169-172, 176, 178, 179, 192-4). Fine - good extremely fine, a few scarce. (33)
Estimate $100
SOLD $110
Hyderabad, Mir Usman Ali Khan, (A.H. 1329-1368) (A.H. 1911-1948), gold quarter ashrafi, A.H.1345 = 1926-7, Regal year 16, (KM.55). Good extremely fine, unpublished date.
Estimate $70
SOLD $90
Mysore, Haidar Ali, (A.H.1174-1197), (A.D. 1761-1782), gold pagoda, (3.42 grams), undated issue, uncertain mint, obv. god and goddess, rev. letter He above dots, (KM.15, M.971-971a). Nearly extremely fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $80
Travancore, Bala Rama Varma I (1798-1810) and Rama Varma IV (1860-1880), silver chuckram, not dated, (KM.1, 21, C.11, Y.8). Very fine - extremely fine. (54)
Estimate $20
SOLD $50
Travancore, Rama Varma VI, (1885-1924), milled coinage, copper cash, not dated, (KM.46, Y.41.1). Fine - brilliant uncirculated. (228)
Estimate $40
SOLD $40
Tripura, Chattra Manikya, (SE c.1583-1589, A.D. c.1661-1667), silver tanka, SE 1583 (1661), no dots inside circles on outer border, (KM. 145). Nearly extremely fine.
Estimate $150
SOLD $0
Assorted states in copper, mostly paisas with some duplication, a few attributed, Awadh (2), Banswara (2), Baroda (50), Bharatpur (1), Bhawalpur (1), Bhopal (9), Bikanir (2), Bijapur (4), Bundi (6), Cambay (32), Chola (2), Chhota Udaipur (1), Datia (2), Dhar (9) Elichpur (9), Gwailor (73), Hyderabad (35), Indore (127), Jaipur (16), Jamnagar (1), Janjira (3), Jaora (4), Jhabua (5), Jodhpur (48), Junaghar (28), Kutch (4), Lunawada (1), Kishangarh (3), Mysore (16), Porbundar (1), Pratapgarh (1), Ratlam (6), Sailana (4), Tonk (5), Travancore (6), Udaipur etc (9), Zabua (1), uncertain miscellaneous issues (86). A few fine or better, mostly very good. (620)
Estimate $300
SOLD $560
India, sovereign, 1918. Extremely fine.
Estimate $105
SOLD $120
British India, George VI, silver one rupee, Bombay mint, 1939 dot, (KM. 555). Very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $220
Assorted issues in various metals, 1/12 annas (160), half pice (62), one pice (163), quarter annas (287) and 1936 issues mostly uncirculated (230), half anna (26), one anna (159), two annas (65), four annas (5), quarter rupees (8), eight annas 1919, half rupee 1946-7 (6), one rupee 1947 (4). Very good - uncirculated. (1176)
Estimate $200
SOLD $190
George VI, 1938-1945, rupees 1940-1944 (26), half rupees (16), quarter rupees (13), others George V rupees (2) 1917, 1918, fractions Edward VII - George V (7). Mostly very fine - extremely fine. (64)
Estimate $100
SOLD $100
Republic, a wide range of modern issues with much duplication, one pice (70), half anna (5), one anna (2), two annas (2), one paisa (67), two paisa (65), three paisa (14), five paisa (81), ten paisa (331), twenty paisa (332), twenty five paisa (135), quarter rupee (12), fifty paisa (115), half rupee (6), Nehru rupee (24), others (287), two rupees (89), five rupees (27). Mostly very fine - uncirculated. (1664)
Estimate $100
SOLD $130
Assorted issues, including Sultans of Delhi, silver tanka of Mahmud Shah I (A.H. 644-664) (Rajgor 920); Travancore fanam base gold; temple tokens (3), Indore rupee Ladakh ja'u, etc. Fine - very fine. (8)
Estimate $30
SOLD $30
Miscellaneous group, Mysore, Tipu Sultan (1787-1799), two paisa AM 1225 (1796), Patan mint, (KM.124.6); another Krishna Raja Wodeyar (1810-1868), silver quarter rupee AH1214 (1799), (KM.202); Baroda, Sayaji Rao III (1875-1938), rupee VS 1955 (1898), (KM.36a); India, rupee 1919, with wheel countermark, jewellers copy of EIC rupee (cf.KM.774.2), Iran, coppers with animal obverses (4). First two coins extremely fine, others very good - very fine. (9)
Estimate $70
SOLD $110