Jaintiapur SE1712 rupee
The first specimen was lot 2532 in Stephen Album sale 50 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2024), where it sold for $156. The catalog description[1] noted, "JAINTIAPUR: Ram Simha II, 1790-1832, AR rupee, SE1712, interesting die break visible on the obverse, nearly VF." The second specimen was lot 75035 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, September 2024), where it sold for $105. The catalog description[2] noted, "INDIA. Jaintiapur. Rupee, SE 1712 (1790). Ram Simha II. PCGS VF-35. A wholesome example of the type with a great deal of charm remaining." The state of Jaintiapur in Assam was a dependency of Cooch Behar in the sixteenth century but regained its independence in the seventeenth century. The kingdom was contended between the East India Company and Burma until 1835, when the British permanently annexed it. Coins are dated using the Shaka Era, which is the AD date minus 78 years. The SCWC lists this as a one year type.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 7.3-9.2 g, silver, this specimen 9.07 g.
Catalog reference: KM-206.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- [1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 50, featuring selections from the Dr. Robert A. Rosenfeld Collection, the Hakim Hamidi Collection, the Almer H. Orr III Collection and the Solar Collection, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2024.
- [2]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, September 2024 World Collectors Choice Online Auction, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2024.
Link to:
- Jaintiapur SE1707 rupee Vijaya Narayan
- Coins and currency dated 1790