Gwalior VS 1940 paisa

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Steve Album sale 55, lot 2490

This specimen was lot 2490 in Steve Album Auction 55 (Santa Rosa, CA, May 2026), where it sold for $144. The catalog description[1] noted, "GWALIOR: RAJOD: Jayaji Rao, 1843-1886, AE paisa, Rajod, VS1940, Hanuman running right, holding what resembles a spear, snake to right, superb VF, R." The Vikram Samvat calendar is 57 years ahead of the AD date altho it starts in April rather than January 1. Confusingly, the SCWC lists this type of VS 1936 and 1940 under Daulat Rao (r. 1794-1827).

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: copper.

Catalog reference: KM-196.

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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