Jammu VS1841(29) rupee
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This specimen was lot 2503 in Steve Album Auction 55 (Santa Rosa, CA, May 2026), where it sold for $132. The catalog description[1] noted, "JAMMU: Ranjit Deve, 1742-1780, AR rupee, Dar al-Aman Jammun, VS1841 year 29, ornate umbrella at upper right corner of obverse; bold strike, AU, ex Paul Stevens Collection." This scarce type was struck in years 27 and 28. Jammu was later absorbed into Kashmir and its coinage ceased.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 11.39 g, silver, 23 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: KM-10.1.
- Album, Stephen, Checklist of Islamic Coins, 3rd Ed. Santa Rosa, Stephen Album Rare Coins, 2011.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- [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.
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