Karauli year 3 mohur
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This specimen was lot 32989 in Heritage sale 3089 (Dallas, TX, January 2021), where it sold for $4,800. The catalog description[1] noted, "India. Karauli. Arjun Pal gold Mohur Year 3 (1878) MS66 NGC, Sawai Jaipur mint, Struck in the name of Victoria. A very rare Mohur from this state in the Northwest of India, highly lustrous and essentially as-struck. Ex. Lawrence Adams Collection; Stephen Album (purchased February 1996). From the Trident Collection." The SCWC notes a variety of takkas, rupees and paisa from this state but this seems to be the only gold issue.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: gold.
Catalog reference: KM 57 (this coin), Fr-Unl.
- Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed., Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- [1]Cristiano Bierrenbach and Warren Tucker, Heritage World Coin Auction 3064, featuring the Doug Robins Collection of Canadian Tokens, Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2018.
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