Baroda VS 1951 1/2 rupee

Stephen Album sale 37, lot 2774

Western India in 1942, including Baroda

This specimen was lot 2774 in Stephen Album sale 37 (Santa Rosa, CA, June 2020), where it sold for $214.20. The catalog description^[1] noted, "BARODA: Sivaji Rao III, 1875-1938, AR ½ rupee, VS1951 (1894), EF." This silver type was struck 1894-95. Sayaji Rao III (r. 1875-1939) was the twelfth maharaja of Baroda.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver, this specimen 11.14 g.

Catalog reference: KM Y-35a.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• ^[1]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.

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