View source for Mysore (1638-62) fanam Fr-1338

[[Image:SB125-38601o.jpg|300px|thumb|Stack's Bowers 2025 NYINC sale, lot 38601]]
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This specimen was lot 38601 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2025), where it sold for $105. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "[[India|INDIA]]. [[India, Mysore|Mysore]]. Fanam, ND (1638-62). Kanthirava Narasa Raja Wodeyar. NGC MS-64." Wikipedia comments, "Kanthirava Narasaraja Wodeyar I (1615-1659) was the twelfth maharaja of the Kingdom of Mysore from 1638 to 1659." If the auctioneer's dates for this coin are correct, then it was also struck posthumously. It is not listed in the SCWC.

''Recorded mintage:'' unknown.

''Specification:'' gold. 

''Catalog reference:'' Fr-1338; Mitchiner-910.

''[[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.
* <sup>[1]</sup>Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, ''January 2025 NYINC Showcase Auction, featuring the Richard Margolis Collection, Part III, and the Richard August Collection,'' Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2024.

''Links to:''
* [[Coins and currency dated 1638]]

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