Travancore (1901-11) fanam
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This specimen was lot 75461 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2025), where it sold for $145. The catalog description[1] noted, "INDIA. Kingdom of Travancore. Fanam, ND (1911). Birmingham (Heaton) Mint. Rama Varma VI (under George V as Emperor). PCGS MS-64." Travancore was a princely state on the SW tip of India adjacent to the Madras presidency. One rupee equaled 448 cash. The obverse features a holy conch shell and the reverse features the king's monogram "RV".
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 1.51 g, 0.950 fine silver, 15.4 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: KM-45.
- 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, February 2025 World Collectors Choice Online Auction - Ancients, World Coins & World Paper Money, David B. Simpson Medals & World Coins Part 1, Selections from the Richard Margolis Collection, and Selections from the L. E. Bruun Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2025.
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