Indore AH 1289 rupee

Steve Album sale 55, lot 2493

This specimen was lot 2493 in Steve Album Auction 55 (Santa Rosa, CA, May 2026), where it sold for $105. The catalog description^[1] noted, "INDORE: Tukoji Rao, 1844-1886, AR mudra rupee, AH1289, sun face, several banker's marks on the edge, XF." The date is written in Devanagiri numerals under the crossed swords on the reverse. A similar half rupee (KM 21) exists.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 11.2 g, silver, 18 mm diameter, this specimen 11.19 g.

Catalog reference: KM Y24.

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.

Link to:

• Indore AH1289 1/2 rupee
• Indore AH 1295 rupee
• Coins and currency dated 1872
• return to coins of India