Radhanpur AH 1286 8 annas
This specimen was lot 1246 in Stephen Album sale 37 (Santa Rosa, CA, June 2020), where it sold for $285.60. The catalog description[1] noted, "RADHANPUR: Zorawar Khan, 1825-1874, AR 8 annas, Radhanpur, 1871/AH1286, unpublished date combination, much weakness, VF to EF, RR. Probably struck with old dies, hence the date mismatch, at some point between 1872 and the first issues of Bismillah Khan dated 1880." Radhanpur was a princely state in the west of India near Baroda and Jhalawar. It is now part of Gujarat state. Its rulers were Muslims, hence the AH dating on the coins. Eight annas was half a rupee. This type was struck AH 1284-1289.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 5.35-5.8 g, silver, this specimen 5.89 g.
Catalog reference: KM-10.
- 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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