Jaipur 1863/28 nazarana paisa KM-106
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This specimen was lot 2142 in Stephen Album sale 27 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2017), where it sold for $235. The catalog description[1] noted, "JAIPUR: Ram Singh, 1835-1880, AE nazarana paisa, Sawai Jaipur, 1863 year 28. VF, RR, ex Paul Stevens Collection. Last year of the heavy old style nazarana paisa of 18-19 grams, reduced in 1864 to about 6.5 grams." The SCWC lists this type for years 23, 24, 27 and 35 but not 28. It has a high catalog value for a hammered copper coin.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: copper, 16-18.5 g, this specimen 18.33 g.
Catalog reference: KM-106.
- 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 Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 27, featuring the Dr. Paul Stevens Collection of Indian Coins, Part VI, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2016.
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