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[[Image:SB122-7447r.jpg|300px|thumb|Stack's Bowers 2022 NYINC sale, lot 7447]] | [[Image:SB122-7447r.jpg|300px|thumb|Stack's Bowers 2022 NYINC sale, lot 7447]] | ||
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This specimen was lot 7447 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2022), where it sold for $120. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "[[India|INDIA]]. Kingdom of Travancore. 2 Chuckrams, ND (1901). Rama Varma VI. PCGS MS-63. This pill sized issue, boasts very good details with a nice golden color over the surfaces, a nice representative of an uncommon Princely States issue." The obverse features a holy conch shell and the reverse features the king's monogram "RV". A later type (KM 50) has the denomination spelled "2 CHS." Both types are scarce. | This specimen was lot 7447 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2022), where it sold for $120. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "[[India|INDIA]]. Kingdom of Travancore. 2 Chuckrams, ND (1901). Rama Varma VI. PCGS MS-63. This pill sized issue, boasts very good details with a nice golden color over the surfaces, a nice representative of an uncommon Princely States issue." The obverse features a holy conch shell and the reverse features the king's monogram "RV". A later type (KM 50) has the denomination spelled "2 CHS." Both types are scarce. | ||
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* [[Travancore 1889 1/2 rupee]] | * [[Travancore 1889 1/2 rupee]] | ||
| + | * [[Travancore (1901) cash|(1901) cash, "CASH 1"]] | ||
| + | * [[Travancore (1901-10) cash]] | ||
* [[Travancore (1901-10) 8 cash]] | * [[Travancore (1901-10) 8 cash]] | ||
* [[Travancore (1906-35) 4 cash]] | * [[Travancore (1906-35) 4 cash]] | ||
| + | * [[Travancore (1906-28) 2 chuckrams]] | ||
| + | * [[Travancore (1901-11) fanam]] | ||
* [[Travancore (1911-35) 8 cash]] | * [[Travancore (1911-35) 8 cash]] | ||
* [[Coins and currency dated 1901]] | * [[Coins and currency dated 1901]] | ||
[[Category:Selections from the Stack's Bowers 2022 NYINC sale]][[Category:Coinage of the Indian states]] | [[Category:Selections from the Stack's Bowers 2022 NYINC sale]][[Category:Coinage of the Indian states]] | ||
Latest revision as of 11:03, 1 May 2025
This specimen was lot 7447 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2022), where it sold for $120. The catalog description[1] noted, "INDIA. Kingdom of Travancore. 2 Chuckrams, ND (1901). Rama Varma VI. PCGS MS-63. This pill sized issue, boasts very good details with a nice golden color over the surfaces, a nice representative of an uncommon Princely States issue." The obverse features a holy conch shell and the reverse features the king's monogram "RV". A later type (KM 50) has the denomination spelled "2 CHS." Both types are scarce.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver, 10 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: KM-44.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The 2022 NYINC Sale: World and Ancient Coins, featuring the Mark and Lottie Salton Collection and the Pat Johnson Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2021.
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