Hyderabad AH 1304/20 1/4 rupee

Stack's Bowers September 2024 Collector's Choice sale, lot 75033

This specimen was lot 75033 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, September 2024), where it sold for $264. The catalog description^[1] noted, "INDIA. Hyderabad. 1/4 Rupee, AH 1304 Year 20 (1888). Hyderabad Mint. Mir Mahbub Ali Khan II (under Victoria as Empress). NGC MS-67. KM-Y40. A supremely fresh and razor-sharp example of this silver minor." This type was struck AH 1286-91, 1294-1317 and 1321. The SCWC prices all the dates the same.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 2.79 g, 0.818 fine silver.

Catalog reference: KM Y15.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• ^[1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, September 2024 World Collectors Choice Online Auction, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2024.

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