Kutch 1936/VS 1992 kori KM-Y59
This specimen was lot 76025 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, September 2025), where it sold for $145. The catalog description[1] noted, "INDIA. Kutch. Kori, VS 1992/1936. Kutch Mint. Khengarji III (under George V as Emperor). NGC MS-67." The Indian Princely State of Kutch is located in a flat expanse of salt marshlands on the western border of India along the Arabian Sea. Partly due to its geographic isolation, Kutch was able to maintain a unique coinage system from its beginnings through to independence from the British in 1947. The first Kutch coins were modelled after those of Nawanagar, from which Kutch officially gained its autonomy in 1617 AD. This was also the year that Kutch obtained the rights to produce coinage in the name of its own rulers. This type was struck 1928-36 and is common. Another kori of 1936 mentions the short reigned Edward VIII. One kori = 16 dhinglo = 8 dhabu = two adhio.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 4.70 g, 0.601 fine silver, 0.0921 oz ASW.
Catalog reference: KM-Y59.
- Bright, Richard, The Coinage of Kutch, Dallas, TX: Numismatics International, 1975.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, September 2025 World Collectors Choice Online Auction, including Selections from the Richard Margolis Collection and Selections from the L.E. Bruun Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2025.
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