Travancore (1870-1931) pagoda

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Heritage sale 3049, lot 31049
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This specimen was lot 31049 in Heritage sale 3049 (Long Beach, September 2016), where it sold for $1,057.50. The catalog description[1] noted, "Travancore. Rama Varma VI gold Pagoda ND (1870-1931) MS64 NGC. A dazzling example of this popular issue, with slight incompleteness at portions of the peripheries that prevent the full Gem designation." The SCWC notes this as a presentation token, not a coin, and consigns it to the volume of Unusual World Coins. A quarter, half and double pagoda also appear therein.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 2.54 g, gold.

Catalog reference: KM X11.

Source:

  • Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Unusual World Coins, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2011.
  • Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed., Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.
  • [1]Cristiano Bierrenbach, Warren Tucker and David Michaels, Heritage World Coin Auction 3049, featuring the Ohio Valley Collection, the Redwood Collection and the F.P. Briand Collection, Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2016.

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