Baroda VS 1955 rupee
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This specimen was lot 875 in Stephen Album sale 43 (Santa Rosa, CA, May 2022), where it sold for $312. The catalog description[1] noted, "BARODA: Sivaji Rao III, 1875-1938, AR rupee, VS1955 (1898), an attractive mint state example with light tone, PCGS graded MS62, ex Arvind Sanghvi Collection." This type was struck VS 1951-1956 and all dates priced the same. Sayaji Rao III (r. 1875-1939) was the twelfth maharaja of Baroda.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver, 30 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: KM Y-36a.
- 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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