Travancore ME1087 fanam

from Steve Album sale 27, lot 2354

Travancore in 1907

This specimen was lot 2354 in Stephen Album sale 27 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2017), where it sold for $188. The catalog description^[1] noted, "TRAVANCORE: Rama Varma VI, 1885-1924, AR fanam, ME1087 (1911-12). Lovely iridescent toning, superb example, NGC graded MS65." This type, issued ME 1087 and ME1096-1106 by the Heaton mint, is common in all grades and was probably equal to two annas. The later dates are posthumous.

Recorded mintage: 1,100,000.

Specifications: 1.5 g, 0.950 fine silver, 15.76 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM-51.

Sources:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• ^[1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 27, featuring the Dr. Paul Stevens Collection of Indian Coins, Part VI, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2016.

Link to:

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