Baroda VS 1952 rupee

Steve Album sale 55, lot 2475

Western India in 1942, including Baroda

This specimen was lot 2475 in Steve Album Auction 55 (Santa Rosa, CA, May 2026), where it sold for $312. The catalog description^[1] noted, "BARODA Sayaji Rao III, 1875-1938, AR rupee, VS1952 (1895), a pleasing mint state example, PCGS graded MS62, ex Stephen Album Auction 30, Lot 2461, ex Paul Stevens Collection." This type was struck VS 1951-1956 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 Y36a.

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.

Links:

• Baroda VS 1949 rupee = 1892
• Baroda VS 1951 4 annas = 1894
• Baroda VS 1952 2 annas
• Baroda VS 1952 1/2 rupee
• Cambay AH 1313(17) rupee
• Baroda VS 1954 rupee = 1897
• Coins and currency dated 1895