Ladakh VS1927 paisa
This specimen was lot 2272 in Steve Album Auction 54 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2026), where it sold for $192. The catalog description[1] noted, "LADAKH: AE paisa, Ladakh, VS1927, struck during the occupation by the Dogras of Jammu; slight weakness, VF, ex Nicholas Rhodes Collection." This copper coin was struck VS 1923-1927 and 1931. The princely state of Jammu and Kashmir was created after the First Anglo-Sikh War, when the East India Company, which had annexed the Kashmir Valley from the Sikhs, then sold it in 1846 to the Raja of Jammu, Gulab Singh. Kashmir is today partitioned between India and Pakistan, who have fought several wars over the province. Ladakh is on the Indian side of the Line of Control.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: copper, this specimen 6.14 g.
Catalog reference: KM-9.
- 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 Hanbing Feng, Auction 54, featuring selections from the Kenneth A. Bovenkamp Collection of Ottoman Coins, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2025.
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