Travancore ME1116 fanam

from Steve Album sale 27, lot 2357

Travancore in 1907

This specimen was lot 2357 in Stephen Album sale 27 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2017), where it sold for $111.62. The catalog description^[1] noted, "TRAVANCORE: Bala Rama Varma II, 1924-1949, AR fanam, ME1116. NGC graded MS65." This three year type (ME 1116, 1118 and 1121) is common. Travancore was a princely state on the SW tip of India adjacent to the Madras presidency.

Recorded mintage: 2,096,000.

Specifications: 1.51 g, 0.500 fine silver.

Catalog reference: KM-65.

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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