India 2007 5 rupees KM-359
This specimen was part of lot 2443 in Steve Album Auction 52 (Santa Rosa, CA, May 2025), which sold for $72. The catalog description[1] noted, "INDIA: Republic, 2-coin mint set, 2007(m), struck at the Mumbai Mint, commemorating the 150th Anniversary of the First War of Independence of 1857, including 100 (silver) and 5 rupees, sealed in original booklet with paper sleeve; set of 2 coins." This uncirculated issue has a diamond mintmark; the proofs have the M mintmark. The figures on the reverse are the Rani of Jhansi, General Tatya Tope and Mughal emperor Bahadur Shah Zafar II. It was restruck in 2012 with a different box. The First War of Independence is better known to American collectors by its British name, the Indian Mutiny, which terminated the East India Company. The set also contained a 100 rupees (KM 384). The specification given below is for the version inserted in the mint set; the circulation issue was 6.03 g, stainless steel, but the SCWC does not distinguish between them. As of July 2025, 5 rupees = US$0.058.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 9 g, copper-nickel, 22.8 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: KM 359, KM-MS79 (set).
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 2001-Date, 13th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2018.
- [1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Dustin Wagner, Auction 52, featuring the Dr. Robert A. Rosenfeld Collection and the Almer H. Orr III Collection, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2025.
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