Mysore 1837 5 cash
This specimen was lot 2592 in Steve Album Auction 55 (Santa Rosa, CA, May 2026), where it sold for $85. The catalog description[1] noted, "MYSORE: Krishna Raja Wodeyar, 1799-1868, AE 5 cash, Mysore, 1837, lion left, bold strike without any weakness, VF-XF." Krishnaraja Wadiyar III was maharaja of Mysore after Hyder Ali and Tipu Ali were overthrown by the British. He himself was set aside by the British in 1831, who ruled the kingdom directly until 1881, when the state was restored to his adopted son, Chamarajendra Wadiyar X. Various copper 2½, five, ten and twenty cash were struck at Nagar and Mysore in the 1830's and 1840's. This type was struck 1834-43 at Bangalore. One rupee was 192 of these coins.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 2.14 g, copper, 13 mm diameter, this specimen 2.28 g.
Catalog reference: KM-C191.2.
- 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 55, featuring Selections from the Swamperbob Gurney Collection of Cap & Ray 8 Reales, the Kenneth A. Bovenkamp Collection of Ottoman Coins and the 1914 Collection of World Coins, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2026.
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