Tonk AH 1350 pice KM-29a

Stack's Bowers September 2024 Collector's Choice sale, lot 75037

Bundi in 1879. Parts of Tonk are visible to the north and southeast

This specimen was lot 75037 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, September 2024), where it sold for $168. The catalog description^[1] noted, "INDIA. Tonk. Pice, AH 1350 (1932). Muhammad Sa'adat Ali Khan. NGC MS-67 Red Brown. Tied with one other for finest certified at NGC in any color designation. This Superb Gem projects a mighty lustrous glow subdued only by an elegant touch of tone. The well-struck details remain as mint fresh as the velvety brilliance that surrounds them." The similar KM 29 is 26 mm diameter. Tonk was a princely state in Rajputana. Muhammad Sa'adat Ali Khan ruled 1930-47.

Recorded mintage: 640,000 (both types).

Specification: copper, 21 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM-29a.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• ^[1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, September 2024 World Collectors Choice Online Auction, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2024.

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• Bundi VS 1980 rupee = 1928
• Coins and currency dated 1932