Jodhpur VS 1952 mohur

Steve Album sale 39, lot 906

This specimen was lot 906 in Stephen Album sale 39 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2021), where it sold for $1,020. The catalog description^[1] noted, "JODHPUR: Sardar, 1895-1911, AV mohur, Jodhpur, year "22", with nagari legend em hrim in obverse field, above the name of the overlord, Queen Victoria, EF." This type was accompanied by a quarter and half mohur and was likely struck with a frozen date, as VS 1952 was the year Sardar Singh ascended the throne.

Recorded mintage: unknown but scarce.

Specification: gold, 11 g, 21 mm diameter, this specimen 11.03 g.

Catalog reference: KM-90.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed., Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.
• ^[1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 39, featuring the John Sylvester, Jr., Collection of Annamese Medals and Orders, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2020.

Link to:

• Jodhpur (1885-87) mohur
• Jodhpur (1918-35) mohur Fr-1228
• Coins and currency dated 1895
• return to coins of India, Jodhpur