Sikh Empire VS1884 rupee KM-46.18

Stephen Album sale 38, lot 2649

This specimen was lot 2649 in Stephen Album sale 38 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2020), where it sold for $333.20. The catalog description^[1] noted, "SIKH EMPIRE: AR rupee, Kashmir, VS1884, star symbol in the obverse field, Fine." This type was struck at Kashmir in the north of India. The Sikhs issued silver rupees in dozens of varieties but the SCWC does not cross reference all of them to specific mints. The Sikhs were crushed in 1849 and their coinage ended.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver, this specimen 11.06 g.

Catalog reference: KM-46.18.

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 38, featuring the Dabestani Collection of Persian Coins, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2020.

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