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[[Image:SA43-867.jpg|550px|thumb|Stephen Album sale 43, lot 867]] | [[Image:SA43-867.jpg|550px|thumb|Stephen Album sale 43, lot 867]] | ||
| − | This specimen was lot 867 in Stephen Album sale 43 (Santa Rosa, CA, May 2022), where it sold for $390. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "[[India, Alwar|ALWAR]]: Mangal Singh, 1874-1892, AR rupee, 1882, regal issue with bust of Empress Victoria, an attractive mint state example! PCGS graded MS62." Alwar was an Indian princely state in Rajputana northeast of Jaipur. Mangal Singh (1874-92) was the first ruler to issue milled coinage, including this rupee of 1882. All the local rulers were stripped of their privileges after independence in 1947. This type was also struck 1877-78 and 1880. | + | This specimen was lot 867 in Stephen Album sale 43 (Santa Rosa, CA, May 2022), where it sold for $390. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "[[India, Alwar|ALWAR]]: Mangal Singh, 1874-1892, AR rupee, 1882, regal issue with bust of Empress Victoria, an attractive mint state example! PCGS graded MS62." Alwar was an Indian princely state in Rajputana northeast of Jaipur. Mangal Singh (1874-92) was the first ruler to issue milled coinage, including this rupee of 1882. All the local rulers were stripped of their privileges after independence in 1947. This type was also struck 1877-78 and 1880-81. |
''Recorded mintage:'' 206,000 + proofs. | ''Recorded mintage:'' 206,000 + proofs. | ||
| − | ''Specification:'' 11.66 g, 0.917 fine silver. | + | ''Specification:'' 11.66 g, 0.917 fine silver, 31.5 mm diameter, reeded edge. |
''Catalog reference:'' KM-45. | ''Catalog reference:'' KM-45. | ||
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| + | * [[Alwar 1881 rupee]] | ||
* [[Alwar 1891 rupee]] | * [[Alwar 1891 rupee]] | ||
* [[Coins and currency dated 1882]] | * [[Coins and currency dated 1882]] | ||
[[Category:Selections from Stephen Album sale 43]][[Category:Coinage of the Indian states]] | [[Category:Selections from Stephen Album sale 43]][[Category:Coinage of the Indian states]] | ||
Latest revision as of 15:45, 3 March 2026
This specimen was lot 867 in Stephen Album sale 43 (Santa Rosa, CA, May 2022), where it sold for $390. The catalog description[1] noted, "ALWAR: Mangal Singh, 1874-1892, AR rupee, 1882, regal issue with bust of Empress Victoria, an attractive mint state example! PCGS graded MS62." Alwar was an Indian princely state in Rajputana northeast of Jaipur. Mangal Singh (1874-92) was the first ruler to issue milled coinage, including this rupee of 1882. All the local rulers were stripped of their privileges after independence in 1947. This type was also struck 1877-78 and 1880-81.
Recorded mintage: 206,000 + proofs.
Specification: 11.66 g, 0.917 fine silver, 31.5 mm diameter, reeded edge.
Catalog reference: KM-45.
- 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 43, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2022.
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