Travancore 1877 pagoda Fr-1402
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This specimen was lot 1361 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2022), where it sold for $7,800. The catalog description[1] noted, "INDIA. Travancore. Pagoda, 1877. Rama Varma IV. NGC MS-64. Very sharply detailed over the designs with thick orange-gold tone giving this piece the appearance of outstanding originality. As a type, RARE in this near-Gem quality, with only two examples graded at this level by NGC and PCGS combined, and only two finer. From the Barquera Collection." This rare type was accompanied by a double pagoda.
Recorded mintage: unknown but rare.
Specification: 2.55 g, gold.
Catalog reference: Fr-1402; KM-26.
- 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.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The 2022 NYINC Sale: World and Ancient Coins, featuring the Mark and Lottie Salton Collection and the Pat Johnson Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2021.
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