View source for Radhanpur AH 1286 8 annas

[[Image:SA37-1246o.jpg|300px|thumb|Stephen Album sale 37, lot 1246]]
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[[Image:Radhanpur 1895.JPG|600px|thumb|Radhanpur in 1895]]
[[Image:Radhunpur 1879.JPG|600px|thumb|Radhanpur in 1879]]
[[Image:Radhanpur 1967.JPG|600px|thumb|Radhanpur in 1967]]
[[Image:Baroda 1942.jpg|600px|thumb|Western India in 1942]]

This specimen was lot 1246 in Stephen Album sale 37 (Santa Rosa, CA, June 2020), where it sold for $285.60. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "RADHANPUR: Zorawar Khan, 1825-1874, AR 8 annas, Radhanpur, 1871/AH1286, unpublished date combination, much weakness, VF to EF, RR. Probably struck with old dies, hence the date mismatch, at some point between 1872 and the first issues of Bismillah Khan dated 1880." Radhanpur was a princely state in the west of [[India]] near Baroda and Jhalawar. It is now part of Gujarat state. Its rulers were Muslims, hence the AH dating on the coins. Eight annas was half a rupee. This type was struck AH 1284-1289.

''Recorded mintage:'' unknown.

''Specification:'' 5.35-5.8 g, silver, this specimen 5.89 g.

''Catalog reference:'' KM-10.

''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''
* 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 37, featuring the Gamal Amer Collection of Egyptian Coins and the Ahmed Sultan Collection of Ottoman Coins, Part II,'' Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2020.

''Link to:''
* [[Kalat AH 1286 paisa]]
* [[Radhanpur 1869/AH1286 100 falus]]
* [[Radhanpur AH 1287 rupee]]
* [[Radhanpur AH 1288 rupee|1871/AH 1288 rupee]]
* [[Radhanpur AH 1299 8 annas]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1869]]

[[Category:Selections from Stephen Album sale 37]][[Category: Coinage of the Indian states]]