Jammu VS1841/27 rupee

from Steve Album sale 27, lot 2183

Jammu in 1942, between the Punjab and Kashmir

This specimen was lot 2183 in Stephen Album sale 27 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2017), where it sold for $99.87. The catalog description^[1] noted, "JAMMU: Ranjit Dev, 1742-1780, AR rupee, Dar al-Aman Jammun, VS1841 year 27. Ornate umbrella at upper right corner of obverse, EF to About Unc, ex Paul Stevens Collection." Years 27 and 28 are the only listed in the SCWC. Jammu was later absorbed into Kashmir and its coinage ceased.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 11.39 g, silver, 23 mm diameter, this specimen 11.21 g.

Catalog reference: KM-10.1.

Source:

• 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 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.

Link to:

• Sikh Empire VS1841 rupee KM-30
• VS1841(28) rupee
• Jaipur AH1214/40 nazarana rupee
• Coins and currency dated 1784
• return to coins of India