Bikanir VS1994 rupee

Steve Album sale 38, lot 2653

This specimen was lot 2572 in Stephen Album sale 38 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2020), where it sold for $95.20. The catalog description^[1] noted, "BIKANIR: Ganga Singh, 1887-1942, AR rupee, VS1994 (1937), 50th Anniversary of Reign, NGC graded MS61." This coin is now consigned to the Unusual World Coins. Restrikes are common.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 12.9 g, silver.

Catalog reference: KM-73.

Source:

• Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Unusual World Coins, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2011.
• ^[1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 38, featuring the Dabestani Collection of Persian Coins, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2020.

Link to:

• VS1916/1859 quarter rupee
• Bikanir VS1994 mohur Fr-1055
• Coins and currency dated 1937