Alwar 1882 rupee
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This specimen was lot 867 in Stephen Album sale 43 (Santa Rosa, CA, May 2022), where it sold for $390. The catalog description[1] noted, "ALWAR: Mangal Singh, 1874-1892, AR rupee, 1882, regal issue with bust of Empress Victoria, an attractive mint state example! PCGS graded MS62." Alwar was an Indian princely state in Rajputana northeast of Jaipur. Mangal Singh (1874-92) was the first ruler to issue milled coinage, including this rupee of 1882. All the local rulers were stripped of their privileges after independence in 1947. This type was also struck 1877-78 and 1880-81.
Recorded mintage: 206,000 + proofs.
Specification: 11.66 g, 0.917 fine silver, 31.5 mm diameter, reeded edge.
Catalog reference: KM-45.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- [1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 43, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2022.
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