Jaipur 1949/28 nazarana rupee
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This specimen was lot 71052 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Santa Ana, CA, February 2020), where it sold for $132. The catalog description[1] noted, "INDIA. Jaipur. Rupee, 1949//3. Sawai Jaipur. Man Singh II. NGC AU-58. A silver Nazarana Rupee dated Year 28, or AD 1949. Bright silvery color and right on the cusp of Uncirculated. George VI is mentioned on the obverse." The SCWC lists this type for years 20 thru 28. By 1950, the government of India had stripped all the princes of their sovereignty and the princely coinage ended.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver, 37-38 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: KM-196.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Richard Ponterio and Kyle Ponterio, The February 2020 Collector's Choice sale: World and Ancient Coins, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2020.
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