Hyderabad AH 1295 1/2 rupee

Stack's Bowers September 2024 Collector's Choice sale, lot 75032

This specimen was lot 75032 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, September 2024), where it sold for $145. The catalog description^[1] noted, "INDIA. Hyderabad. 1/2 Rupee, AH 1295 (1878). Hyderabad Mint. Mir Mahbub Ali Khan II (under Victoria as Empress). NGC MS-66. A gleaming 1/2 Rupee featuring a powerful strike and muted gray coloration. A tiny punch mark at about 4 o'clock on the obverse seemingly eluded the grader, but the coin remains impressive in this rarified grade level." This type was struck AH 1286, 1289-1295, 1298-1310, 1316-1317. The SCWC prices all the dates the same.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 5.58 g, 0.818 fine silver.

Catalog reference: KM-Y16.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• ^[1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, September 2024 World Collectors Choice Online Auction, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2024.

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