Pudukkottai (1886-1947) cash
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This specimen was lot 2833 in Stephen Album sale 37 (Santa Rosa, CA, June 2020), where it sold for $53.55. The catalog description[1] noted, "PUDUKKOTTAI: Martanda Bhairana, 1886-1928, AE cash, ND (1886-1947), seated goddess Brihadamba facing, much red original mint luster! NGC graded MS63 RB." We don't know when this copper cash was struck during this king's long reign but the catalogs tell us that 5,000,000 were made. It is common. The state was merged into India in 1948 and the king lost his sovereignty.
Recorded mintage: 5,000,000.
Specification: 1.25 g, copper.
Catalog reference: KM-6.
- 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 37, featuring the Gamal Amer Collection of Egyptian Coins and the Ahmed Sultan Collection of Ottoman Coins, Part II, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2020.
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