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[[Image:SA50-0588.jpg|550px|thumb|Stephen Album sale 50, lot 588]]

This specimen was lot 588 in Stephen Album sale 50 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2024), where it sold for $300. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "[[India, Mysore|MYSORE]]: Krishna Raja Wodeyar, 1799-1868, AV pagoda, Siva and Parvati seated facing // ''sri / krishna ra / ja'' in Devanagari, struck 1810-68, VF." This was struck circa 1811-30 per Friedberg, along with a half pagoda and fanam. Krishna Raja Wodeyar III was descended not from Tipu Sultan (d. 1799) but from the dynasty ousted by Haider Ali, the Wadiyars. He was installed as maharaja in 1799 at the age of five with British approval. He himself was set aside by the British in 1831, who ruled the kingdom directly until 1881, when the state was restored to his adopted son, Chamarajendra Wadiyar X.

''Recorded mintage:'' unknown.

''Specification:'' 3.32-3.35 g, gold, this specimen 3.31 g.

''Catalog reference:'' Cr-210, Fr-1358.

''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''
* 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.
* <sup>[1]</sup>Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, ''Auction 50, featuring selections from the Dr. Robert A. Rosenfeld Collection, the Hakim Hamidi Collection, the Almer H. Orr III Collection and the Solar Collection'', Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2024.

''Links to:''
* [[Mysore AM1217/7 pagoda Fr-1356]], Patan mint
* [[Mysore AM1218/8 rupee]], Patan mint
* [[Mysore AH 1200/4 4 pagodas Fr-1354a]], Patan mint
* [[Mysore AH 1243/35 rupee]], Mysore mint
* [[Coins and currency dated 1811]]

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