Jhalawar VS1915/3 nazarana rupee

from Steve Album sale 27, lot 2198

Jhalawar in 1895, southwest of Radhanpur and Baroda

This specimen was lot 2198 in Stephen Album sale 27 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2017), where it sold for $305.50. The catalog description^[1] noted, "JHALAWAR: AR broad sawai rupee, Jhalawar, year 3, in the name of Queen Victoria, mount removed, as almost always for this type, choice VF, RR, ex Paul Stevens Collection. From the same dies as the specimen illustrated by Krause-Mishler." This tiny state issued an extensive series of hammered rupees and nazarana rupees. The round rupees are listed cheaply but the nazarana rupees have a high catalog value. This type is listed for VS1915 (= 1858), years 3 and 15.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver, this specimen 14.36 g.

Catalog reference: KM-Y6b.

Source:

• Album, Stephen, Checklist of Islamic Coins, 3rd Ed. Santa Rosa, Stephen Album Rare Coins, 2011
• 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.

Link to:

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• Coins and currency dated 1860
• return to coins of India