Banswara (1870) 1/8 rupee

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Stephen Album sale 50, lot 2521
Rajputana in 1907, with Banswara in the southernmost part

This specimen was lot 2521 in Stephen Album sale 50 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2024), where it sold for $132. The catalog description[1] noted, "BANSWARA: Lakshman Singh, 1844-1905, AR 1/8 rupee, legend both sides is samstraba, a name for Shiva, UNC, R, ex Ian Todd Collection." The local potentate, a Rajput feudatory, had rupees struck in various types (KM 16, 17, 23, 24) with different weights (the "heavy rupee" weighed 12 g) and widths.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 1 g, silver, this specimen 1.05 g.

Catalog reference: KM-20.

Source:

  • 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 50, featuring selections from the Dr. Robert A. Rosenfeld Collection, the Hakim Hamidi Collection, the Almer H. Orr III Collection and the Solar Collection, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2024.

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