Travancore 1889 1/2 rupee

Stephen Album sale 43, lot 910

This specimen was lot 910 in Stephen Album sale 43 (Santa Rosa, CA, May 2022), where it sold for $3,120. The catalog description^[1] noted, "TRAVANCORE: Rama Varma VI, 1885-1924, AR ½ rupee, 1889, a wonderful lustrous mint state example! PCGS graded MS64." This type was accompanied by a quarter rupee (KM 37).

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 5.44 g, silver.

Catalog reference: KM-38.

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 43, featuring the Dick Nanta Collection of Giray Khans, Part II, the Charles Opitz Collection of Ethnographic Money, Part II, and the Allan F. Pacela Collection of Chinese Coins. Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2021.

Link to:

• Travancore 1881 sovereign Fr-1403
• Travancore (1906-35) 4 cash
• Coins and currency dated 1889
• return to coins of India