Baroda VS 1951 4 annas

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Steve Album sale 55, lot 2471
Western India in 1942, including Baroda

This specimen was lot 2471 in Steve Album Auction 55 (Santa Rosa, CA, May 2026), where it sold for $110. The catalog description[1] noted, "BARODA: Sayaji Rao III, 1875-1938, AR 4 annas, VS1951, AU." This type was struck VS 1951-1952 and is uncommon. Sayaji Rao III (r. 1875-1939) was the twelfth maharaja of Baroda.

Recorded mintage: unknown but somewhat scarce.

Specification: silver.

Catalog reference: KM Y34a.

Sources:

  • 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 Hanbing Feng, Auction 55, featuring Selections from the Swamperbob Gurney Collection of Cap & Ray 8 Reales, the Kenneth A. Bovenkamp Collection of Ottoman Coins and the 1914 Collection of World Coins, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2026.

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