View source for Jubbal VS1988 mohur Fr-1238

[[Image:SA45-0940.jpg|550px|thumb|from Steve Album sale 45, lot 940]]
[[Image:Jammu 1942.jpg|500px|thumb|Punjab in 1942. Jubbal is between Rampur and Simla]]

This specimen was lot 940 in Stephen Album sale 45 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2023), where it sold for $18,000. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"[[India|JUBBAL]]: Raja Rana Sir Bhagat Chand Bahadur, 1910-1947, AV mohur, VS1988 (1931), State coat-of-arms with lion supporters within linear circle; in outer margin, jubal rajya (Jubbal State) in Nagari above, date below; floral symbols flanking date // sri (Lord) within linear hexagram; all within linear circular border; sri sri sri ramacandri jayati (venerable Lord Sri Ramachandra is victorious) in Nagari, an attractive mint state example of this very rare type! PCGS graded MS61, RR. Jubbal was a small scenic state in the Simla Hills, now in the modern state of Himachal Pradesh. Its capital was Deora and total population would have been less than 30,000. The hexagram device in the center is a 'seed' or 'Beeja' for 'Shri-Yantra', a Tantric 'prosperity device' (two superimposed triangles denoting 'Purusha' and 'Prakriti', or Cosmic 'Male' and 'Female' principles, with 'Shri' for auspiciousness placed in between). Most probably struck for ceremonial use."</blockquote> This and an accompanying half mohur (Fr-1239) are the only gold coins listed for this state in the Punjab region.

''Recorded mintage'': unknown. 

''Specifications'': 11.59 g, gold. 

''Catalog reference'': Bruce-X2, Fr-1238. 

''[[Bibliography|Sources]]'': 
* Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, ''Unusual World Coins, 6th ed.,'' Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2011.
* 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. 
* <sup>[1]</sup>Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, ''Auction 45,'' Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2022. 

''Link to:''
* [[Coins and currency dated 1931]]

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