Travancore (1901-10) cash

Stack's Bowers September 2024 Collector's Choice sale, lot 75040

Travancore in 1907

This specimen was lot 75040 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, September 2024), where it sold for $65. The catalog description^[1] noted, "INDIA. Travancore. Cash, ND (1901-10). Rama Varma VI (Under Edward VII as Emperor). NGC MS-65+ Red. A gleaming fiery red example of this diminutive issue." 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.

Recorded mintage: unknown but common.

Specification: 0.65 g, copper, 10.8 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM-46.

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.

Link to:

• (1901) cash, "CASH 1"
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• Travancore (1901) 2 chuckrams
• Travancore (1901-11) fanam
• Travancore (1906-35) 4 cash
• Travancore (1906-28) 2 chuckrams
• ME1082 (1906) quarter rupee
• Travancore (1911-35) 8 cash
• Coins and currency dated 1901