Travancore (1809-10) 2 chuckrams
This specimen was lot 715 in Steve Album Auction 51 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2025), where it sold for $2,880. The catalog description[1] noted, "TRAVANCORE: Bala Rama Varma I, 1798-1810, AR 2 chuckrams, ND (1809-10), 6-point star within circular Malayalam legend padmanabhan around, single dot within the star variety (Sarasan-177.1 has two dots) // conch shell, both sides within border of dots; one of the rarest silver coins of Travancore during the 19th & 20th centuries, and a wonderful example, choice XF-AU, RRR." The SCWC gives this coin a modest catalog value, belied by the price realized. This denomination was not struck again in the nineteenth century.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specifications: silver, this specimen 0.76 g.
Catalog reference: KM-8, Sarasan-177.2.
- 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 Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 51, featuring the Howard Daniel III Collection of Asian Coins, the Almer H. Orr III Collection of World Coins and the Joe Sedillot Collection of German Coins, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2024.
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