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[[Image:SB125-38625o.jpg|300px|thumb|Stack's Bowers 2025 NYINC sale, lot 38625]]
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[[Image:India Travancore 1907a.jpg|500px|thumb|Travancore in 1907]]

This specimen was lot 38625 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2025), where it sold for $288. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "[[India|INDIA]]. Travancore. Fanam, ME 1100 (1925). Rama Varma VI. PCGS MS-64." This type was struck years 1087, 1096, 1099-1100, 1103 and 1106 at the Heaton mint for the maharajah. One rupee was about seven fanams. Rama Varna VI died in 1924, making this a posthumous issue.

''Recorded mintage:'' 700,000.

''Specification:'' 1.5 g, 0.950 fine silver, 15.76 mm diameter.

''Catalog reference:'' KM-51.

''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''
* Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, ''Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed.,'' Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019. 
* <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:''
* [[Travancore ME1087 fanam]]
* [[Travancore ME1087 1/2 rupee]]
* [[Travancore ME1103 1/2 rupee]]
* [[Travancore ME1112 1/4 rupee]]
* [[Travancore ME1116 fanam]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1925]]

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