Travancore (1864) velli fanam
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This specimen was lot 909 in Stephen Album sale 43 (Santa Rosa, CA, May 2022), where it sold for $450. The catalog description[1] noted, "TRAVANCORE: Rama Varma IV, 1860-1880, AR fanam, ND (1864), a wonderful lustrous mint state example! PCGS graded MS64." We don't know how this coin is dated to 1864 but it is the only silver coin issued by this ruler. The SCWC lists it only in Uncirculated.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver.
Catalog reference: KM-24.1.
- 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 43, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2021.
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