Sikh Empire VS1895 rupee KM-67

from Steve Album sale 41, lot 852

This specimen was lot 852 in Stephen Album sale 41 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2021), where it sold for $560. The catalog description^[1] noted, "SIKH EMPIRE: AR rupee, Lahore, VS[18]95, VS1885 series, superb strike, rare in mint state quality! PCGS graded MS62, ex Jess A. Yockers Collection." This product of the Lahore mint is noted for VS1893-1903. Many other mints in the Sikh empire issued rupees.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 10.8-11.2 g, silver, this specimen 11.13 g.

Catalog reference: KM-67, Herrli-08.09.04.

Source:

• 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 41, featuring the Dick Nanta Collection of Giray Khans, Part II, the Charles Opitz Collection of Ethnographic Money, Part II, and the Allan F. Pacela Collection of Chinese Coins. Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2021.

Link to:

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• VS 1895 rupee, Kashmir mint
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• VS 1896 rupee, Amritsar mint
• VS 1896 rupee, Lahore mint
• Coins and currency dated 1838
• return to coins of India