Travancore (1901) cash
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This specimen was lot 716 in Steve Album Auction 51 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2025), where it sold for $1,560. The catalog description[1] noted, "TRAVANCORE: Rama Varma VI, 1885-1924, AE cash, ND (1901), denomination CASH 1, traces of original luster, bold XF-AU, RR." Travancore was a princely state on the SW tip of India adjacent to the Madras presidency. One rupee equaled 448 cash. Later cash of Chithira Thirunal Bala Rama Varma II (KM 57) were only 0.48 g. This type is much scarcer than KM 46, the issue usually seen.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 0.65 g, copper, this specimen 0.62 g.
Catalog reference: KM-40.
- 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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