Bikanir VS1994 mohur Fr-1055
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This specimen was lot 71042 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Santa Ana, CA, May 2018), where it sold for $2,640. The catalog description[1] noted, "INDIA. Bikaner. Mohur, VS1994 (1937). NGC MS-64. Struck for the 50th anniversary of the reign of Ganga Singh. Very high grade example of the type. Well struck, lustrous and attractive." This rare gold issue was accompanied by a rupee and half mohur in gold and silver. The SCWC has consigned the series to the Unusual World Coins.
Recorded mintage: unknown but scarce.
Specification: gold.
Catalog reference: Fr-1055; Bruce-M3.
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Unusual World Coins, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2011.
- Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed., Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.
- [1]Ponterio, Richard, Kyle Ponterio and Chris Chatigny, The May 2018 Collector's Choice Sale, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2018.
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