Auction 28 | May 18-20, 2017 | Session F

India Session F

Begins on Saturday, May 20, 2017 at 14:30 PDT 2409. ASSAM: Rajesvara Simha, 1751-1769, AR rupee (11.30g), Rangpur, SE1685, KM-156, text in Persian, both sides, choice VF, India ex Hans Mondorf Collection $200 - 250

Princely States

2410. ASSAM: Brajnatha Simha, 1818-1819, AR ½ rupee (5.70g), ND, KM-264, EF , ex Hans Mondorf Collection $100 - 150

2404. ALWAR: AR rupee, Rajgarh, year 20, KM-20, in the name of Muhammad Akbar II, excellent bold strike, without any testmarks on the edge (rare for this type), NGC graded MS62 , ex Ajit Singh Collection $120 - 160

2411. ASSAM: Brajanatha Simha, 1818-1819, AV mohur (11.45g), SE1739, KM-271, the last full mohur struck at Assam (known dated SE1739 & 1740), superb bold strike, AU, RR, ex Ajit Singh Collection $2,000 - 2,500 2412. ASSAM: LOT of 25 silver coins: Rudra Simha: ½ rupee, and rupee; Shiva Simha: rupee (5 different types); Pramatta Simha: ¼ rupee, ½ rupee, and rupee; Lakshmir Simha: 1/8 rupee, 2405. ASSAM: Gadadhara Simha, 1681-1696, AR octagonal rupee, ½ rupee (2 pcs), and rupee; Rajesvara Simha: 1/16 rupee, year 33 (frozen), KM-29, lion, NGC graded AU55 , 1/8 rupee, ¼ rupee, ½ rupee, and rupee; and Gaurinatha Simha: ex Ajit Singh Collection $150 - 200 1/32 rupee, 1/16 rupee, 1/18 rupee, ¼ rupee, ½ rupee, and rupee; nearly all VF or better, a few EF; retail value $1100, lot of 25 pieces, ex Hans Mondorf Collection $650 - 950 Excellent starter group with a nice representation of the more common examples, including many of the fractional denominations.

2406. ASSAM: Gadadhara Simha, 1681-1696, AR rupee (11.08g), ND, KM-29, lion in lower right corner of obverse, cyclical year 33, choice VF , ex Hans Mondorf Collection $100 - 150 2413. AWADH: AR rupee (11.23g), Muhammadabad Banaras, year 26, KM-103.3, with cross-like symbol to right of the regnal year, lovely strike, EF , ex Hans Mondorf Collection $100 - 140

2407. ASSAM: Gadadhara Simha, 1681-1696, AR rupee (11.19g), ND, KM-30, lion & bird on reverse, cyclical year 33, VF , ex Hans Mondorf Collection $100 - 150 2414. AWADH: AV mohur (10.70g), Muhammadabad-Banaras, AH1231 year 26, KM-105, EF $1,000 - 1,200

2408. ASSAM: Gadadhara Simha, 1681-1696, AR rupee (11.17g), ND, KM-32, bird preening itself on reverse, cyclical year 33, bold VF-EF , ex Hans Mondorf Collection $100 - 150 2415. AWADH: Ghazi-ud-Din Haidar, 1819-1827, AR rupee (11.16g), Lucknow, AH1235 year 1, KM-165.1, UNC , ex Hans Mondorf Collection $150 - 200

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2422. AWADH: Wajid Ali Shah, 1847-1856, AR rupee, Lucknow, 2416. AWADH: Ghazi-ud-Din Haidar, 1819-1827, AV ashrafi AH1269 year 6, KM-365.3, NGC graded MS63 $120 - 150 (10.71g), Lucknow, AH1234 year 5, KM-170.1, superb bold strike, choice AU , ex Ajit Singh Collection $1,000 - 1,200

2423. AWADH: Wajid Ali Shah, 1847-1856, AR rupee (11.18g), 2417. AWADH: Muhammad Ali Shah, 1837-1842, AR rupee Lucknow, AH1269 year 6, KM-365.3, choice AU $100 - 140 (11.16g), Lucknow, AH1253 year one (ahad), KM-316.3, EF , ex Hans Mondorf Collection $120 - 160

2424. AWADH: Wajid Ali Khan, 1847-1856, AR rupee, Lucknow, 2418. AWADH: Amjad Ali Shah, 1842-1847, AR rupee (11.16g), AH1268 year 5, KM-365.3, NGC graded MS62 , Lucknow, AH1258 year one (ahad), KM-334, choice AU , ex Hans Mondorf Collection $100 - 150 ex Hans Mondorf Collection $110 - 150

2425. AWADH: Wajid Ali Shah, 1847-1856, AR rupee, Lucknow, 2419. AWADH: Wajid Ali Shah, 1847-1856, AR rupee, Lucknow, AH1267 year 5, KM-365.3, mint name variety VI, AH1263 year one (ahad), KM-365.1, NGC graded MS62 , NGC graded MS61 $120 - 160 ex Ajit Singh Collection $120 - 160

2426. AWADH: Wajid Ali Shah, 1847-1856, AV ashrafi (10.70g), Lucknow, AH1265 year 3, KM-378.1, struck from lightly 2420. AWADH: Wajid Ali Shah, 1847-1856, AR rupee (11.12g), polished dies, EF $700 - 900 Lucknow, AH1264 year 2, KM-365.1, choice AU $100 - 140 2427. AWADH: LOT of 10 silver rupees, Ghazi-ud-Din Haidar: AH1239 year 5, and 1241 year 7; Nasir-ud-Din Haidar: 1243 year one, 1251 year 8, and 1252 year 9 (2 pcs); Amjad Ali Shah: 1258 year one, and 1259 year one; and Wajid Ali Shah; 1263 year one, and 1266 year 3; average VF conditon, but many either blackened or cleaned; retail value $750, lot of 10 pieces $400 - 600

2421. AWADH: Wajid Ali Khan, 1847-1856, AR rupee, Lucknow, AH1269 year 6, KM-365.3, fabulous strike, NGC graded MS65 $120 - 160 2428. BARODA: Sayaji Rao II, 1819-1847, AV fractional mohur (2.22g), AH12xx, KM-—, examples of this type sometimes show Mis-labeled AH1266 on the slab, but clearly 1269, more of the date, as 125x, but none reveals with full date, EF, as necessary to the mint formula and the regnal year. R, ex New York Sale XXV, Lot 477 $400 - 500 2429. BARODA: LOT of 7 machine-struck silver coins of Sayaji Rao III (1875-1938): Y-33, 2 annas VS1949 (VF-EF); Y-33a, 2 annas VS1952 (VF); Y-34, 4 annas VS1949 (F-VF); Y-34a, 4 annas VS1952 (F-VF); Y-35a, half rupee VS1951 (VF, lightly cleaned); Y-36, rupee VS1948 (VF-EF, couple scratches in reverse field); and Y-36a, rupee VS1953 (EF); retail value $500, lot of 7 pieces $350 - 450 209 India

2430. BHARATPUR: AV mohur (10.77g), Mahe Indrapur, AH1176 year 4, KM-40, in name of Shah ‘Alam II, VF-EF, R $1,000 - 1,200 2438. COOCH BEHAR: Nara Narayan, 1555-1587, AR tanka, SE1477, KM-35.1, decent strike, toned, NGC graded MS63 $200 - 300 2439. DATIA: LOT of 8 copper and 23 silver coins: Copper: C-22, ½ paisa, year 32; and C-23, paisa, AH1248/27, hear 30, 1271/41, year 42, 1274/45, 1278/45, and year “33"/4x; Silver: C-25, ¼ rupee 1178/6, and date off; C-26 ½ rupee 1178; C-27, rupee, 1177/6, ”11711".6, 1178/6 (4 pcs), year 6 (7 pcs); C-36, ¼ rupee, DM (2 pcs); and C-37, ½ rupee, 1311/19, year 32, year 35, and DM; and one uncertain rupee (either Datia or Orchha); average VF condition for both the copper & silver; retail value $750, 2431. BHARATPUR: Victoria, 1857-1901, AR rupee (11.08g), lot of 31 pieces $400 - 600 VS1910, KM-157, atttractive Queen’s portrait, choice EF , 2440. DATIA: LOT of 31 silver rupees, type C-38, firth series with the ex Hans Mondorf Collection $150 - 200 following “dates”: AH1222/20, 1238/18, 1240/20, 1241/19, 1251/29 (2 pcs), 1257/32, 1257/39, 1258/33, 1258/38 (2 pcs), 1261/22, 1270/36, 1270/37, 1271/33, 1271/37, 1272/30, 1272/38, 1273/39 (2 pcs), 1273/42, 1274/40 (2 pcs), 1274/41, 1275/21, 1277/41, 1278/45, 1280/45, 1280/46, 1282/45, and 1282/46, virtually all VF, with many better; retail value $680, lot of 31 pieces $350 - 500 2441. DATIA: LOT of 30 silver rupees, type C-38, second series with the following “dates”: AH1310/37, 1311/19, 1311/24, 1312/20, 1312/23 (3 pcs), 1312/24 (2 pcs), 1312/29 (2 pcs), 1312/35, 1313/24 (2 pcs), 1313/26, 1313/28, 131x/25, 131x/27, 131x/31, and 1331/24; and with regnal year only: year 22 (2 pcs), 24, 28 2432. BIKANIR: Ganga Singh, 1887-1942, AR rupee, 1897, KM-72, (3 pcs), 29, 33, 36, and 42; average VF, several better; with the obverse portrait of Empress Victoria, tiny rim nick, retail value $600, lot of 30 pieces $350 - 500 UNC $120 - 160

2442. DEWAS JUNIOR BRANCH: Narayan Rao, 1864-1892, AE 1/12 anna, 1888, KM-1, bust of Victoria Empress, VF-EF, S $75 - 100 2433. BIKANIR: Ganga Singh, 1887-1942, AV nazarana mohur (8.53g), VS1994 (1937), KM-M3, commemorating the 50th year of Ganga’s reign, prooflike surfaces, UNC, ex Ajit Singh Collection $800 - 1,000

2443. DEWAS JUNIOR BRANCH: Narayan Rao, 1864-1892, AE 1/12 anna, 1888, KM-1, somewhat porous surfaces, F-VF, R $100 - 150 The Junior Branch copper coins of Dewas are almost never found without some degree of surface porosity. 2434. BIKANIR: Ganga Singh, 1887-1942, AV nazarana mohur (8.50g), VS1994 (1937), KM-M3, commemorating the 50th year of Ganga’s reign, choice AU $700 - 900

2444. DEWAS JUNIOR BRANCH: Narayan Rao, 1864-1892, AE ¼ 2435. BUNDI: Edward VII, 1901-1910, AR rpee, VS1964, Y-14, anna, 1888, KM-3, modestly porous surfaces, VF, R $100 - 150 NGC graded MS61 $100 - 120

2436. CANNANORE: ‘Ali Raja & suceessors, 1710-1815, 2445. DEWAS SENIOR BRANCH: Krishnaji Rao, 1860-1899, AR 1/5 rupee, AH1194, KM-5, superb bold strike, AE 1/12 anna, 1888, KM-11, bust of Empress Victoria on NGC graded MS62 $120 - 160 obverse, EF $100 - 150 2437. COCHIN: LOT of 4 silver coins: KM-1, putton (EF-AU); KM-2, 2446. DEWAS: LOT of 3 pieces: Junior Branch: KM-1, 1/12 anna 1888 two putton (AU); KM-5, putton (EF); and KM-6, two putton (VF-EF, some very light porosity); Senior Branch: KM-11, 1/12 (choice AU); retail value $200, lot of 4 pieces $100 - 140 anna 1888 (EF); and KM-12, ¼ anna 1888 (VF-EF); retail value $340, lot of 3 pieces $160 - 240

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2447. DHAR: Anand Rao Pawar II, 1782-1807, AR rupee (11.25g), Anandnagar, AH1202 year 25, KM-—, in the name of Shah 2454. DHAR: Anand Rao III, 1860-1898, AE ¼ anna, 1887, KM-13, Alam II, sword mintmark above S of jalus, VF-EF, RRR $700 - 900 bust of Victoria Empress, AU $100 - 150 A similar example, dated AH1198 year 10 (sic), sold in Classical 2455. DHAR: LOT of 4 copper coins: KM-11, 1/12 anna 1887 (VF); Numismatic Gallery Auction 22, Lot 207, KM-12, ½ pice 1887 (2 pcs, F-VF and EF); and KM-13, ¼ anna for the equivalent of $1020. 1887 (F-VF); retail value $300, lot of 4 pieces $140 - 200

2448. DHAR: Anand Rao III, 1860-1898, AE 1/12 anna, 1887, 2456. DHRANGADHRA: AE medal (3.95g), in the name of Maharaj KM-11, bust of Victoria Empress, couple tiny nicks, AU $90 - 110 Raj Saheb Mayurdhwaj Sinhji Meghrajji III (1923-1942-2010): Bronze Medal, 1998VS (1942), red & brown AU, R $100 - 150

2449. DHAR: Anand Rao III, 1860-1898, AE ½ pice, 1887, KM-12, 2457. GARHWAL: temp. Pradip Shah, 1717-1772, AR timasha (2.54g), bust of Victoria Empress, much original red mint luster, ND, KM-—, Rh-Plate 24:10 (this piece), type derived from the NGC graded MS64 RB $300 - 400 issue in the name of Farrukhsiyar, with unread mint name, VF, R, ex Paul Stevens Collection, ex John Deyell Collection $100 - 150 2458. GWALIOR: JAWAD: LOT of 71 copper paisas, various types, average Fine condition; retail value $425, lot of 71 pieces $120 - 220 2459. GWALIOR: UJJAIN: LOT of 35 silver coins: Jayapa Rao: KM-212, rupee, DM; Mahadji Rao: KM-214, 1/8 rupee, DM; KM-215, ¼ rupee, year 2x, DM (2 pcs); KM-216, ½ rupee, year 24, 28, 30, and 31; KM-217, rupee (without scimitar), 117x/2, and 2450. DHAR: Anand Rao III, 1860-1898, AE ½ pice, 1887, KM-12, 1175/5 (sic); and KM-218, rupee (with scimitar), 118x/12, 1187, bust of Victoria Empress, much original red mint luster, 1187/15, 1188/16, year 16, 1189/12 (sic), 1189/17, 1189/18, NGC graded MS63 BR $200 - 300 118x/17, 1191/18, 1193/19, 1193/20, 1194/20, 1194/21, 1199/25, 1201/27, 1201/28, 1201/29, 120x/30, 1203/31, year 33, 1206/35, and early type with both dates missing; fractions almost all VF, a few nicer, rupees average VF-EF, almost all strong strikes; retail value $1200, lot of 35 pieces $650 - 850 Wonderful general group of the early Ujjain coinage under Gwalior suzerainty. 2460. GWALIOR: UJJAIN: LOT of 21 silver coins (unless noted): Daulat Rao: KM-220, copper paisa (Fine); KM-"C223", 1/8 rupee, year 39 2451. DHAR: Anand Rao III, 1860-1898, AE ½ pice, 1887, KM-12, (Fine), AH120x (VF), also year 64 and year 61 (both VF); bust of Victoria Empress, NGC graded AU58 BR $150 - 200 KM-A223, ¼ rupee, AH123x/59 (VF); KM-224, rupee, year 33, 38, “359" (for 39), 121x/40, year 41, 1205/42, 45, 46, 47, 51, 123x/64, and 68; and Baija Bai: KM-”B227", 1/8 rupee, year 71 (VF); and KM-227, year 74 (2 pcs); rupee average VF condition, a few nicer, others indicated with grade; retail value $600, lot of 21 pieces $300 - 450 Nice group of a scarcer period for the issues of Ujjain. 2461. GWALIOR: UJJAIN: LOT of 48 silver and 2 copper coins: Jankaji Rao: KM-229, ½ rupee, year 80; KM-230, rupee, yar 78, 2452. DHAR: Anand Rao III, 1860-1898, AE ½ pice, 1887, KM-12, 80; Jayaji Rao: KM-235, ¼ rupee, year 98, KM-237, rupee, year bust of Victoria Empress, with clash of the obverse die on 93, 98, and 9x; KM-A238, 1/8 rupee, year 26, and DM; KM-B238, reverse, choice AU $150 - 200 ¼ rupee, year 8, and DM; KM-C238, ½ rupee, year 26; and KM-238, rupee, year 4, 7, 22, and 27; and Madho Rao: KM-239, 1/16 rupee, 1313/37 (very rare with both legible), and DM (2 pcs), KM-A240, 1/8 rupee, year 29 (VF, rare); KM-240, 1/8 rupee, 1310/34 (4 pcs), 1311, 1311/3x, 1312, 1313/3x, 1313, year 36, year 37; KM-341, ¼ rupee, 1310/34, 1310, 1311, 1313, year 37, year 38; KM-242, ½ rupee, 1310/34 (3 pcs); and KM-245, rupee, 1310/34, 1310/35, 1311/34, 1312/35, 1312/36 (2 pcs), and 1313/37 (2 pcs); also 2 uncertain copper paisas possible from 2453. DHAR: Anand Rao III, 1860-1898, AE ½ pice, 1887, KM-12, Ujjain; fractions average nearly VF, rupees average VF; retail bust of Victoria Empress, traces of original luster, AU $100 - 150 value $1300, lot of 50 pieces $700 - 1,000 A tempting collection, especially for the fractional denominations of Madho Rao.

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2462. GWALIOR: LOT of 22 silver coins: Bhilsa: KM-27, rupee, year 23; plus a quarter rupee without date and year 23 full rupee, both with snake next to bow-and-arrow; Lashkar: KM-152, rupee, date off flan (2 pcs); Sabalgarh: KM— (published in JONS vol. 198) (119)8 year 28, 1198/33 (11)98/36 (119)8/3x, year 34 (2 pcs), and DM; Unassigned mints: group of 10 silver rupees, various types, some quite rare, not identified to specific mints and not published in KM; all VF-EF (with about half fully EF); important research group, retail value $800, lot of 22 pieces $450 - 650

2471. HYDERABAD: Mir Mahbub Ali Khan, 1869-1911, AR rupee, Farkhanda Bunyad, AH1318 year 34, Y-32, NGC graded MS63 $110 - 150 2463. HYDERABAD: Afzal ad-Daula, 1857-1869, AV 1/8 mohur (1.40g), AH1281, Y-8, choice VF $300 - 400

2464. HYDERABAD: Mir Mahbub Ali Khan, 1869-1911, AV 1/8 ashrafi (1.39g), Farkhanda Bunyad, AH1318, Y-19, UNC , ex Ajit Singh Collection $200 - 250 2472. HYDERABAD: Mir Mahbub Ali Khan, 1869-1911, AV ashrafi, Farkhanda Bunyad, AH1328 year 43, Y-44.2, NGC graded MS64 $1,000 - 1,200

2465. HYDERABAD: Mir Mahbub Ali Khan, 1869-1911, AV ¼ ashrafi (2.75g), Farkhanda Bunyad, AH1314 year 30, Y-20, choice AU $300 - 400 2473. HYDERABAD: Mir Usman Ali Khan, 1911-1948, AV 1/8 ashrafi, Farkhanda Bunyad, AH1344 year 15, Y-54.2, NGC graded MS66 $300 - 400

2466. HYDERABAD: Mir Mahbub Ali Khan, 1869-1911, AV ¼ ashrafi (2.77g), AH1320 year 36, Y-20, VF $300 - 500 2474. HYDERABAD: Mir Usman Ali Khan, 1911-1948, AV 1/8 ashrafi (1.37g), Farkhanda Bunyad, AH1343 year 14, Y-54.2, UNC , ex Ajit Singh Collection $200 - 250

2467. HYDERABAD: Mir Mahbub Ali Khan, 1869-1911, AV ½ ashrafi (5.56g), AH1316, Y-21, 1 testmark, VF-EF $450 - 550

2475. HYDERABAD: Mir Usman Ali Khan, 1911-1948, AV ¼ ashrafi (2.82g), Farkhanda Bunyad, AH1360 year 31, Y-55, UNC , ex Ajit Singh Collection $300 - 400

2468. HYDERABAD: Mir Mahbub Ali Khan, 1869-1911, AV ashrafi (11.15g), AH1300 year 16, Y-22, choice AU $900 - 1,100

2476. HYDERABAD: Mir Usman Ali Khan, 1911-1948, AV ashrafi, Farkhanda Bunyad, AH1337 year 8, Y-57a, NGC graded MS65 $1,000 - 1,200

2469. HYDERABAD: Mir Mahbub Ali Khan, 1869-1911, AV ashrafi (11.15g), Farkhanda Bunyad, AH1288, Y-22, choice EF , ex Ajit Singh Collection $800 - 1,000

2477. HYDERABAD: Mir Usman Ali Khan, 1911-1948, AV ashrafi, Farkhanda Bunyad, AH1338 year 9, Y-57a, superb quality for this type, NGC graded MS66 , ex Ajit Singh Collection $1,000 - 1,400 2470. HYDERABAD: Mir Mahbub Ali Khan, 1869-1911, AV ashrafi (11.15g), Farkhanda Bunyad, AH1313 year 29, Y-22, 1 tiny testmark, lustrous UNC , ex Ajit Singh Collection $700 - 900

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Recent research has assigned certain periods of Burhanpur, Machhlipattan, Imtiyazgarh, Kankurti and Nusratabad to the feudatories of Hyderabad. They may also be classified as Mughal, if preferred. 2486. HYDERABAD FEUDATORIES: LOT of 10 silver rupees: Gadwal: C-20, partial date (3 pcs); Kankurti: KM— regnal year one, in the name of Shah Alam II (formerly listed as KM-155 for the Maratha confederacy, 4 pcs); Nusratabad: KM—, in the name of Shah Alam II, undated (2 pcs); and uncertain mint: KM—, appears 2478. HYDERABAD: Mir Usman Ali Khan, 1911-1948, AV ashrafi, unpublished, AHxxx8, regnal year 2x (of Shah Alam II), tentatively Farkhanda Bunyad, AH1343 year 14, Y-57a, assigned to the Bihishtnagar Feudatory by Bhandare; all VF or NGC graded MS63 , ex Ajit Singh Collection $700 - 900 better; retail value $620, lot of 10 pieces $350 - 500 2487. HYDERABAD FEUDATORIES: LOT of 29 copper coins: Aurangabad: C-29/30 (and various intermediate varieties), AE toka (14 pcs, mostly VF); Shorapur: C-63, undated (3 pcs, Fine); and C-67, AH1262 (VF); Rewa Kauta: KM—, undated (unpublished, recent attribution, very rare, crude VF); and 10 uncertain types, most of which are probably local issues of the various feudatories but never assigned (average Fine or better); retail value $375, lot of 29 pieces $180 - 260

2479. HYDERABAD: NASIRABAD: AR rupee (11.40g), Nasirabad (=Dharwad), AH117x year 7, KM-460.36, Wig-T1, in the name of Alamgir II, 3 minuscule testmarks, lovely bold strike, EF , ex M.H. Mirza Collection $120 - 160 2480. HYDERABAD: LOT of 16 copper and 25 silver coins: Copper: C-40, paisa AH1217 year 4x, and year 44; C-44, paisa, 1229 (2 pcs) and 1237; C-61.3, paisa, DM; C-73, paisa, 1262 year 7; C-85, ½ paisa: year 18, DM (2 pcs); and C-86, paisa, 1275/18, year 18, year 19, year 21, and DM (2 pcs); average F-VF; Silver: C-46, ¼ rupee, 1239, 1241, DM; C-47, ½ rupee, 1237; C-48.1, 2488. INDORE: Jaswant Rao, 1798-1811, AR nazarana rupee rupee 1231, 1236/15, 1237/16, and 1244/25; C-66.3, rupee, 1245, (11.26g), SE172(8), KM-6, lengthy Nagari legends both sides, 1249, 1250, 1250/31, 1251/33, and 1252/34; C-77, ¼ rupee, with Sri above, triplet of pellets either side on obverse, sun & 1273/18; C-79, rupee, 1261/8, 1270/16, 1268, 1273, and DM; moon on reverse, VF $200 - 250 C-89, ¼ rupee, DM; and C-91, rupee, 1274/18 (2 pcs), and 1275/18, and one Mughal period issue, KM-436.26, year 11; silver mostly F-VF; retail value $800, lot of 41 pieces $400 - 600 2481. HYDERABAD: LOT of 29 silver rupees of Afzal al-Dawla (1859-1869), type Y-6: AH1275 year 2 (2 pcs), 1276/3 (2 pcs), 1276/4, 1277/4 (2 pcs), 1278/5, 1278/x, 1279/6 (2 pcs), 1280/7, 1281/7 (2 pcs), 1281/8 (3 pcs), 1282/9 (3 pcs), 1282/x, 1283/10, 1283/11, 1283/x, 1284/11, 1285/12 (3 pcs), and 128x; average VF condition; retail value $500, lot of 29 pieces $300 - 400 2482. HYDERABAD: LOT of 33 silver rupees and 2 quarter rupees of Mahbub Ali Khan (1869-1911), rupee type Y-17: AH1286 year 1 (2 pcs), 1287, 1294 (3 pcs), 1299 (3 pcs), 1299/16 (2 pcs), 12xx, 1300/16, 1300, 1301, 1306/22, 1306 (2 pcs), 1307 (2 pcs), 2489. INDORE: Jaswant Rao, 1798-1811, AR nazarana rupee 1308/24 (2 pcs), 1309/25 (2 pcs), 1309, 1310/26, 1310, 1315/32, (14.71g), Indore, AH1222, KM-8, Persian legends, citing the 1317, 13xx/23, 130x/24, and 130x, average VF-EF, and ¼ rupee Mughal Muhammad Akbar II on obverse, Jaswant Rao on Y-15: year 3, and DM (both VF); retail value $500, reverse, choice EF-AU $150 - 200 lot of 35 pieces $300 - 400 2483. HYDERABAD: LOT of 5 special silver rupees of Sikandar Jah (1803-1829), C-48.3: AH1239, with the name sikandar jah in reverse field (Fine); C-48.2: AH1238 (one shows regnal year 12), with maharaja on obverse (both F-VF), and KM-1: AH1240, with the city name amaravati in the reverse field (2 pcs, both VF with minor scratches): plus one copper paisa of Amaravati, possibly dated AH124x (F-VF, unpublished, city name clear on obverse) retail value $480 $250 - 350 2484. HYDERABAD: LOT of 13 silver and 5 copper coins of the mint of 2490. INDORE: Tukoji Rao II, 1844-1886, AE pattern mudra (10.70g), Aurangabad KM-436.38, rupee, AH1133 year 2, and 113(3) year SE1788, KM-18var, pattern for the silver mudra, few minor edge 3; KM-460.32, rupee, year 5, and 117x year 6; KM— AE paisa in bumps, Brown AU, RRR, ex Stack’s Bowers & Ponterio Auction name of Shah Alam II, 1219 (Good); KM-5, rupee, 1176, and 172, Lot 10498 (sold for $2200) $2,000 - 2,400 1177; C-28, AE paisa, undated (inverted battle-axe on reverse) (Fine); C-45, rupee, 1227/6 1228/6, 1232/11, 1240/20, and 1242/2x (all of this type are Fine); C-42, AE paisa, 1257, and (12)58 (Fair); C-43, AE paisa, 12xx; C-66.2, rupee, 1254 year 1 (Fine); and uncertain tiny coin, perhaps 1/32 rupee (0.23g), dated “115" (probably for AH125x, by style); all VF unless noted, many rupees with banker’s marks, as is common for this mint; retail value $400, lot of 18 pieces $240 - 320 2485. HYDERABAD FEUDATORIES: LOT of 12 silver rupees: 2491. INDORE: AR rupee, Mulharnagar, AH1216, KM-76, superb bold Burhanpur: KM-446.22, 1164 year 4; and KM-460.25 (116)8 year strike, rarely found in this quality, NGC graded MS63 $100 - 150 2; Daulatabad: KM-18, 1195 year 2x, and 1199 year 26; Firoznagar: KM-2, undated; and uncertain ruler, probably Alagmir II or Shah Alam II, undated; Imtiyazgarh: KM—, in the name of Alamgir II (3 pcs, all undated, different dies); and Machhlipattan: KM-436.2, 1135 year 4, and 1150 year 20; and KM-460.41, 1168 year one (ahad); all VF or slightly better, a few with testmarks, lovely group of better examples; retail value $720, lot of 12 pieces $400 - 600

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2498. JAIPUR: AE paisa (19.65g), year 32, KM-—, in the name of Shah Alam II, style of Madhopur mint but with katar added above the regnal year, bold VF, RR $100 - 150 The source assigned this type to Ratlam, located way too far away 2492. INDORE: Anonymous, early 19th century, AE broad paisa from Madhopur, so not a correct attribution. (12.40g), ND, KM-85, rayij in beaded circle // 7-petal flower (mostly off flan), double-struck, perhaps overstruck on some sort of milled copper coin, possibly Portuguese or Portuguese colonial, VF, RR $150 - 200 Struck at an undetermined mint, possibly at Banswara. 2493. INDORE: LOT of 2 nazarana rupees of Jaswant Rao (1798-1811) dated AH1222, type KM-8, both EF condition, average quality strike (14.70g and 14.72g weight); retail value $360, lot of 2 piecees $200 - 280

2499. JAIPUR: AR nazarana rupee (11.23g), Sawai Madhopur, AH1210 year 36, KM-66, in the name of Shah Alam II, lovely bold strike, choice EF, RR, ex Ajit Singh Collection $300 - 400 With the actual name name “madhopur”, plus the flower symbol of that mint. Type KM-66 incorrectly listed as quarter rupee in their latest edition. 2494. JAIPUR: AV mohur (10.88g), Madhopur, year one (ahad), KM-—, in the name of Shah Alam II, with the mint inscribed as Sawai Jaipur, but assignable to Madhopur by the flower symbol right of the regnal year, EF $600 - 700

2500. JAIPUR: AV mohur (10.87g), Sawai Jaipur, year 14, KM-102, in the name of Muhammad Bahadur II, couple barely noticeable scratches in the fields, bold VF , ex Ajit Singh Collection $450 - 550 2495. JAIPUR: AV mohur (10.87g), Madhopur, year 8, KM-—, in the name of Shah Alam II, with the mint inscribed as Sawai Jaipur, but assignable to Madhopur by the flower symbol right of the regnal year, bold VF $500 - 600

2501. JAIPUR: Ram Singh, 1835-1880, AV mohur (10.84g), Sawai Jaipur, year 31, KM-125, with jhar symbol of the Jaipur mint, VF-EF $500 - 600

2496. JAIPUR: AV mohur (10.83g), Madhopur, year 10, KM-—, in the name of Shah Alam II, with the mint inscribed as Sawai Jaipur, but assignable to Madhopur by the flower symbol right of the regnal year, VF-EF $500 - 600 CoinArchives records Madhopur mohurs of Shah Alah II for years 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 14, to which year one and 10 can now be added to 2502. JAIPUR: Ram Singh, 1835-1880, AV mohur (10.88g), Sawai the list of known dates. Jaipur, year 42, KM-125, also citing Queen Victoria, EF , ex Ajit Singh Collection $500 - 600

2497. JAIPUR: AR rupee (11.24g), “Sawai Jaipur”, year 20, KM-21var, in the name of Alamgir II, local issue, presumably from a local mint that recognized Jaipur, 2 testmarks, VF-EF, RR $100 - 150 Distinguished by style, and especially by the cross-and-4-pellet decoration on the lower left corner of the obverse, which is in the 2503. JAIPUR: Madho Singh II, 1880-1922, AE nazarana paisa lazy rather than the upright position. (6.42g), Sawai Jaipur, 1902 year 23, KM-132, choice AU , ex Hans Mondorf Collection $100 - 125

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2510. JAIPUR: Man Singh, 1922-1948, AV mohur (10.88g), Sawai Jaipur, year 27, KM-200, also citing King George VI, fabulous strike, AU , ex Ajit Singh Collection $600 - 700

2504. JAIPUR: Madho Singh II, 1880-1922, AE nazarana paisa (6.41g), Sawai Jaipur, 1907 year 28, KM-132, choice AU , ex Hans Mondorf Collection $100 - 125

2511. JAIPUR: Man Singh, 1922-1948, AV mohur (10.89g), Sawai Jaipur, year 27, KM-200, also citing King George VI, couple very light scratches in obverse field, EF-AU , 2505. JAIPUR: Madho Singh II, 1880-1922, AR ¼ rupee, Sawai ex Ajit Singh Collection $500 - 600 Jaipur, year 7, KM-139, iridescent toning, NGC graded MS62 , 2512. JAIPUR: LOT of 3 silver rupees, local issue with Nagari Sri Ji on ex Ajit Singh Collection $100 - 120 obverse, one dated year 38, another either 32 or 33, the third 3x, with the last showing most of the mint name sawai jaipur, all VF or better, rare type; retail value $300, lor of 3 pieces $150 - 200 Several pieces have appeared at auction in recent years, including years 37, 39 and 44, but not yet year 38. These are probably issues of a still undetermined local mint under Jaipur suzerainty.

2506. JAIPUR: Madho Singh II, 1880-1922, AR rupee, Sawai Jaipur, year 11, KM-145, some original luster, NGC graded MS62 , ex Ajit Singh Collection $100 - 120

2513. JAMMU: AR rupee, Jammun, AH1196 year 24, KM-5.6, in the name of Shah Alam II, lovely bold strike, NGC graded MS63 $120 - 160

2507. JAIPUR: Madho Singh II, 1880-1922, AR nazarana rupee 2514. JAMMU: Ranjit Dev, 1742-1780, AR rupee, Dar al-Aman (11.41g), Sawai Jaipur, 1899 year 20, KM-147, UNC $125 - 175 Jammun (sic), VS1841 year 27, KM-10.1, variety with additional flower, surface hairlines, NGC graded AU $100 - 120

2515. JHALAWAR: AR 1/8 rupee (1.34g), Jhalawar, year 9, Cr-25, in the name of Muhammad Bahadur II, VF, RR $120 - 160

2508. JAIPUR: Madho Singh II, 1880-1922, AR nazarana rupee 2516. JHALAWAR: AR 1/8 rupee (1.34g), Jhalawar, year 9, Y-3.1, (10.58g), Sawai Jaipur, 1911 year 32, KM-147, EF-AU $120 - 160 in the name of Queen Victoria, bold VF, R $120 - 160

2517. JHALAWAR: AR 1/8 rupee (1.37g), Jhalawar, year 34, Y-3.2, in the name of Queen Victoria, choice VF, R $120 - 160

2518. JHALAWAR: AR 1/8 rupee (1.36g), Jhalawar, year 37, Y-3.2, 2509. JAIPUR: Man Singh, 1922-1949, AR nazarana rupee, Sawai in the name of Queen Victoria, strong VF, R $100 - 120 Jaipur, 1939 year 18, KM-196, NGC graded MS62 $100 - 150 215 India

2519. JHALAWAR: AR ¼ rupee (2.79g), Jhalawar, year 16, Y-4.1, in the name of Queen Victoria, EF, R $100 - 150 2520. JHALAWAR: COLLECTION of 51 silver rupees, type Y-6, in the name of Queen Victoria: regnal years 1 (ahad), 2, 3 (2 pcs), 4, 7 (2 pcs), 8, 9, 10 (2 pcs), 11, 12, 13, 14 (3 pcs), 15, 17 (2 pcs), 18, 19, 20 (2 pcs), 21, 22, 24 (2 pcs), 25 (2 pcs), 26 (2 pcs), 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 33 (2 pcs, one with and one without the pellets beneath the obverse center), 34 (2 pcs, one normal, one contemporary imitation), 35 (2 pcs), 36 (3 pcs, one with normal date, one with retrograde date, one with inverted retrograde date), 37 (4 pcs), and 38; average VF-EF, many fully EF; 2526. JODHPUR: Umaid Singh, 1918-1947, AE medal (74.82g), 1945, retail value $1500, lot of 51 pieces $800 - 1,200 Pud-945.5, 51mm brass medal for VE Day by J. R. Pinches, uniformed bust left with H.H.MAHARAJA OF JODHPUR around // Important research collection that shows the gradual changes over scene of the Jodhpur fort with V.E. MAY 8. V.J.AUG: 15 1945 the 40 years of issue. The KM division into Y-6.1 and 6.2 is not around, antique finish, plain edge, UNC, R $200 - 300 correct, as the only significant change is the addition of a row of pellets beneath the central obverse legend in the year 33. In the original box of issue, with receipt which states “Sent by 2521. JHALAWAR: LOT of 10 copper coins: type Y-2, so-called “double instruction of : / Air Vice Marshal, His Highness / The Majaraja of paisa”, regnal years 5, 6, 7, 8, 22, 23, 24, and 27, all with a weight Jodhpur” in interesting calligraphy. between 17.7g and 18.0g, average F-VF; and unlisted type, Photo size reduced. probably same legends, but undated and different calligraphic style (22.11g and 22.15g, both nice VF) (likely a local type from an alternative mint), all range between rectangular and square, interesting study group; retail value $200, lot of 10 pieces $100 - 150 2522. JHALAWAR: LOT of 6 silver rupees in the name of Muhammad Bahadur II, type C-28: regnal years 2, 4, 5, AH1260/6, 20, and 21, average circulated condition, lot of 6 pieces $100 - 150 2527. KAITHAL: Lal Singh, 1781-1819, AR rupee (11.11g), AH[11]8x, KM-10, in the name of Ahmad Shah Durrani, identified to Kaithal by the 5-pellet rosette within and triplet of pellets below S of jalus, VF, R $100 - 120

2528. KISHANGARH: Yaghanarian Singh, 1926-1938, AV mohur, 2523. JIND: Ranbir Singh, 1887-1947, AR nazarana rupee (11.92g), DM, Y-8, in the name of George V, a superb example! 1943/VS1993 (1937), KM-M1, Y-2, issued for the golden jubilee of NGC graded MS64 $900 - 1,100 the reign of Ranbir Singh in 1937, but dated 1943, presumably the issuing year, choice EF , ex Ajit Singh Collection $400 - 500 Obverse in the name of long deceased Durrani ruler Ahmad Shah (d. 1772), with the local ruler cited only as the Sarkar of Jind, without his name.

2529. KOTAH: AR nazarana rupee (11.29g), Nandgaon, year 13, Cr-32a, in the name of Muhammad Bahadur II, UNC , 2524. JODHPUR: Jaswant Singh, 1873-1895, AV mohur (10.97g), ex Hans Mondorf Collection $250 - 350 Jodhpur, ND, KM-81, also citing Queen Victoria, AU , ex Ajit Singh Collection $600 - 700

2525. JODHPUR: Umaid Singh, 1918-1947, AV mohur (10.98g), Jodhpur, 19xx, KM-129, also citing King George V, EF-AU , 2530. KOTAH: AR nazarana rupee, Nandgaon, year 17, Y-6a, in the ex Ajit Singh Collection $600 - 700 name of Queen Victoria, NGC graded MS63 $200 - 250

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2538. KUTCH: LOT of 40 coins: hand-struck: AE 1½ dokdo (1 pc), AR ½ kori (1), AR kori (1) average fine; machine-struck, copper: trambiyo (6), dokdo (2), 1½ dokdo (5), 3 dokdo (4), dhinglo (2), dhabu (2), payalo (1), and adhio (2), average VF for the coppers; and machine-struck, silver: ½ kori (1), kori (5), 2½ kori (3), and 5 kori (4), average EF for the silver; retail value $520, lot of 40 pieces, , ex Hans Mondorf Collection $250 - 400

2531. KOTAH: AR nazarana rupee, Nanagaon, year 29, Y-6a, in the name of Queen Victoria, NGC graded AU58 $200 - 300

2539. LADAKH: AR ja’u (2.14g), ND (1842-50), KM-7.1, in the name of the Gulab Singh // katar right, no symbol in the point, narrow design with broad outer margin on obverse, VF , 2532. KUTCH: Bharmalji I, 1585-1631, AR kori (4.73g), NM, AH1028, ex Hans Mondorf Collection $120 - 150 KM-A4, Rajgor-28.2, in the name of Jahangir, the Mughal Emperor, with Gujarati ji at the end of Bharmalji’s name below the obverse, EF, RRR $400 - 500 The Gujarati “ji” is much rarer than the Nagari “ji” version (Rajgor-28.1).

2540. MALER KOTLA: Sube Khan, 1845-1859, AR rupee, “Sahrind”, Cr-20, Arabic letter M above 9-point whirling star in reverse center, NGC graded MS63 , ex Ajit Singh Collection $140 - 180

2533. KUTCH: Bharmalji I, 1585-1631, AR kori (4.63g), NM, AH(1028), KM-A4, Rajgor-28.1, in the name of Jahangir, the Mughal Emperor, with Nagari ji at the end of Bharmalji’s name below the obverse, VF-EF, R $200 - 250 2541. MALER KOTLA: Ibrahim Ali Khan, 1871-1908, AR ¼ rupee, “Sahrind”, Y-4, very rare in this quality, NGC graded MS62 , ex Ajit Singh Collection $200 - 250

2534. KUTCH: Desalji II, 1818-1860, AV 25 kori (4.67g), Bhuj, VS1913, Cr-67, choice EF $300 - 350

2542. MALER KOTLA: Ahmad Ali Khan, 1908-1947, AV ¼ mohur (2.94g), NM, ND, Y-—, similar to the half mohur, type Y-11, double-struck, NGC graded MS65, RRR, ex Ajit Singh Collection $600 - 800 Probably intended as a presentation piece to middle level administrators, not for normal circulation.

Maratha Confeceracy 2535. KUTCH: Pragmalji II, 1860-1875, AR 5 kori (13.87g), Bhuj, 1866//VS1923, Y-16.1, UNC, ex Hans Mondorf Collection $100 - 150

2543. KATAK: AR 1/8 rupee (1.3g), Katak (Cuttack), ND, KM-96, in the name of Ahmad Shah Bahadur, VF, RR $100 - 150

2536. KUTCH: Khengarji III, 1875-1942, AR 5 kori, Bhuj, 1882// VS1939, Y-37.4, light attractive toning, NGC graded MS63 , ex Ajit Singh Collection $100 - 120 2544. KORA: AR rupee (11.30g), Kora, AH117x year 3, KM-278var, trisul in the top line rather than central line, without pataka, EF, R, ex M.H. Mirza Collection $110 - 150

2537. KUTCH: Pragmalji III, 1991-, AR “kori” (4.63g), VS2048 (1991), KM-—, issued on his accession in Bhuj, BU, R, ex William F. Spengler collection $100 - 130 217 India

2545. LAHORE: AR rupee (11.21g), Lahore, AH1172 year 6, KM-239, Wig-T2c, standard type of the Mughal emperor Alamgir II, but 2551. MYSORE: Tipu Sultan, 1782-1799, AR rupee, Patan, AM1217 with the Maratha pataka (flag) added within the “S” in jalus on year 7, KM-126, NGC graded MS63 , the reverse, 1 small testmark, blackened and harshly cleaned, ex Ajit Singh Collection $120 - 160 VF, R, ex M.H. Mirza Collection $100 - 140

Two Extremely Rare Mewar Patterns

2552. MYSORE: Tipu Sultan, 1782-1899, AR rupee (11.30g), Patan, AM1217 year 7, KM-126, fantastic strike, lovely steel gray toning, UNC , ex Ajit Singh Collection $120 - 160 2546. MEWAR: Fatteh Singh, 1884-1929, AR 1/16 rupee, VS1985 (1928), KM-Pn1, UNC, RRR $1,000 - 1,200

2547. MEWAR: Fatteh Singh, 1884-1929, AR ¼ rupee, VS1985 (1928), KM-Pn5, UNC, RRR $1,000 - 1,200 2553. MYSORE: Tipu Sultan, 1782-1799, AR rupee (11.34g), Patan, AM1218 year 8, KM-126, bold strike, choice EF , Part of a series of the first machine coinage struck at the Udaipur ex Hans Mondorf Collection $100 - 120 mint. Altough two complete five coin sets of these are know, one sold in 2008 by Baldwins and another sold in 2013 by Heritage, this example is mint state and not proof. We know of no other specimens.

2554. MYSORE: Tipu Sultan, 1782-1799, AR double rupee (22.83g), Patan, AH1198 year 2, KM-127, lovely gray steel toning, choice EF , ex Hans Mondorf Collection $700 - 900 2548. MYSORE: Tipu Sultan, 1787-1799, AE double paisa, Patan, AM1219, KM-124.1, elephant left, banner above, a fantastic strike and quality, one of the most opulent examples we have ever seen! An Absolutely Lovely Tipu Sultan Gold 4 Pagodas NGC graded AU58 BR , ex Hans Mondorf Collection $1,000 - 1,200

2555. MYSORE: Tipu Sultan, 1782-1799, AV 4 pagodas (13.71g), Patan, AM1217 year 7, KM-B129, superb quality for this rare 2549. MYSORE: Tipu Sultan, 1782-1799, AE double paisa (22.01g), and popular type, NGC graded MS64, RR, Patan, AM1225 “B”, KM-124.6, with the mint epithet dar ex Ajit Singh Collection $14,000 - 18,000 al-sultanat, VF $220 - 260 A similar piece, dated AH1218 year 8, in about the same quality, sold in the Triton Auction XIX, Lot 2413, for $40,000.

2556. MYSORE: Tipu Sultan, 1782-1799, AE ½ paisa (5.53g), 2550. MYSORE: Tipu Sultan, 1782-1799, AR rupee, Patan, AM1216 Zafarabad, AM1216, KM-142, rare mint, pleasing Fine $120 - 160 year 6, KM-126, NGC graded MS61 , ex Ajit Singh Collection $110 - 150

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2557. MYSORE: Krishna Raja Wodeyar, 1799-1868, AE 20 cash, 1834, Cr-193.1, sardula obverse, fabulous strike, perfectly 2566. PATIALA: Karam Singh, 1813-1845, AV mohur (10.68g), centered, without any weakness, NGC graded AU55 BR $100 - 150 “Sahrind”, ND, Cr-35, flower symbol of Karam Singh, EF, R, ex Ajit Singh Collection $700 - 900

2558. MYSORE: Krishna Raja Wodeyar, 1799-1868, AV pagoda (3.41g), ND, KM-210, Siva & Parvati seated // 3-line Devanagari legend, EF , ex Hans Mondorf Collection $180 - 220 2567. PATIALA: Narindar Singh, 1845-1862, AV mohur (10.66g), “Sahrind”, ND, Y-2, spade symbol, undated (without the 190x as indicated on the slab), NGC graded MS64, RR, ex Ajit Singh Collection $900 - 1,000 2559. MYSORE: Krishna Raja Wodeyar, 1799-1868, AV pagoda, ND, Cr-210, Siva & Parvati seated // 3-line text, choice EF , ex Ajit Singh Collection $160 - 200 2560. MYSORE: LOT of 24 coins: Early period: AE cash (2 pcs); Tipu Sultan: AE ¼ paisa (2), AE ½ paisa (3), AE paisa (2), and AV fanam (1), all from the Patan mint; and Krishnaraja Wodeyar: AE 2½ cash (1), AE 5 cash (4), AE 6¼ cash (2), AE 10 cash (1), AE 12½ cash (1), AE 20 cash (5), AE 25 cash (1), AR ¼ rupee 2568. PATIALA: Mahindar Singh, 1862-1876, AV mohur (10.68g), (1, choice VF), and AR rupee (1, choice EF); copper coins “Sahrind”, ND, Y-—, halberd blade symbol at left on reverse, average F-VF; retail value $550, lot of 24 pieces, , style of Y-3 rupee, AU, R, ex Ajit Singh Collection $900 - 1,100 ex Hans Mondorf Collection $250 - 400 2561. NARAYANPETT: LOT of 13 silver rupees & 2 copper coins: KM-436.67: (Muhammad Shah), AR rupee, undated; KM—: (Ahmad Shah Bahadur), AR rupee, undated: C-39: (Anonymous), AE paisa, DM; C-40: AR rupee, AH1181, 11186, 1186//1186, 1186//1239 (2 pcs); 1186//1240 (2 pcs), 1186//1249, 1251, and 1252 (2 pcs); and KM—: AE fals or paisa, lion // mint name dilshadabad,; most VF, a few nicer; retail value $700, 2569. PATIALA: Mahindar Singh, 1862-1876, AV mohur (10.66g), lot of 15 pieces $350 - 550 “Sahrind”, ND, Y-—, halberd blade symbol, NGC graded MS63, RR, ex Ajit Singh Collection $1,000 - 1,300 Incorrect regnal dates on the slab. The symbol for this ruler has been interpreted either as a “leaf” or a “halberd blade,” and blade seems more appropriate.

2562. NAWANAGAR: Vibhaji, 1852-1894, AR 2½ kori (6.97g), VS1949 (1892), KM-21, choice EF $150 - 225

2570. PATIALA: Bhupindar Singh, 1900-1937, AV 1/6 mohur (1.87g), “Sahrind”, VS[19]58 (accession year), Y-14, dagger symbol, NGC graded MS64, R, ex Ajit Singh Collection $500 - 600

2563. PATIALA: Amar Singh, 1765-1781, AR rupee (11.18g), “Sahrind”, ND, Cr-10, NGC graded MS64 , ex Ajit Singh Collection $130 - 150

2571. PATIALA: Bhupindar Singh, 1900-1937, AV 1/3 mohur (3.71g), “Sahrind”, VS[19]58, Y-15, dagger at left, AU , ex Ajit Singh Collection, ex William F. Spengler Collection $350 - 450

2564. PATIALA: Karam Singh, 1813-1845, AR rupee, “Sahrind”, ND, Cr-30.1, flower symbol on reverse, delicious iridescent toning, NGC graded MS63 , ex Ajit Singh Collection $130 - 150

2572. PATIALA: Bhupindar Singh, 1900-1937, AV 2/3 mohur (7.40g), VS[19]58, Y-16, dagger at left, AU , ex Ajit Singh Collection, ex William F. Spengler Collection $450 - 550

2565. PATIALA: Karam Singh, 1813-1845, AR rupee (11.05g), “Sahrind”, ND, Cr-31, scimitar symbol on reverse, superb strike, choice EF $110 - 150

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Sikh Empire

2573. PATIALA: Bhupindar Singh, 1900-1937, AV mohur (10.63g), “Sahrind”, VS[19]58 (accession year), Y-17, dagger at left, NGC graded MS63, R, ex Ajit Singh Collection $800 - 1,000 2579. SIKH EMPIRE: AE paisa (12.09g), Amritsar, VS1880, KM-4, Herrli-30, Persian legends both sides, full bold date, rare in this quality, VF-EF , ex Ajit Singh Collection $120 - 160

2574. PATIALA: Bhupindar Singh, 1900-1937, AV mohur (10.65g), VS[19]58, Y-17, dagger at left, bold AU , ex Ajit Singh Collection $800 - 1,000

2580. SIKH EMPIRE: AE paisa (11.53g), Amritsar, VS1880, KM-4, lovely even strike, VF , ex Hans Mondorf Collection $100 - 120

2575. PATIALA: Yadvindar Singh, 1937-1948, AV 1/3 mohur (3.71g), “Sahrind”, VS[19]94 (accession year), Y-30, bayoneted rifle symbol, fabulous quality, NGC graded MS66, R, ex Ajit Singh Collection $600 - 800

2581. SIKH EMPIRE: AE nanakshahi ¼ anna (pa-anna) (7.20g), Amritsar, VS[18]96, KM-5, Herrli-31, decent strike, VF-EF , ex Ajit Singh Collection $100 - 120

2576. RADHANPUR: Zorawar Singh, 1825-1874, AR rupee (11.33g), Radhanpur, 1871//AH1288, KM-11, citing Queen Victoria, superb strike, choice AU , ex Hans Mondorf Collection $150 - 200 2582. SIKH EMPIRE: AE nanakshahi ¼ anna (pa-anna) (7.15g), Amritsar, VS[18]98, KM-5, Herrli-31, rare variety, dated on both sides, VF-EF , ex Ajit Singh Collection $100 - 120

2577. ROHILKHAND: AR rupee (10.78g), year 35, KM-—, in the name of Shah Alam II, Nagari ram in obverse field, with his obverse legend sahib qirani, as introduced at Shahjahanabad (Delhi) in 2583. SIKH EMPIRE: AE paisa (11.46g), Amritsar, VS1885, KM-7.1, AH1202 and used until the end of his reign in 1221, choice VF, Herrli-34, special strike, fine style, with full clear date, VF, R, RR $200 - 300 ex Ajit Singh Collection $140 - 180 The attribution to the Rohilkhand is tentative, and it may have been issued by supporters of the Nawab of Awadh or some local officials who feared inscribing the coin with the actual mint name. It is possible that “Ram” refers to the city of Rampur, about 60 miles due east of Delhi and the last holdout of the Rohilla Khans (until about 1860), A similar example sold at Stephen Album Auction 21, Lot 1294, for $300.

2584. SIKH EMPIRE: AE paisa (9.90g), Amritsar, ND, KM-7.17, Herrli-53, 4-petal flower in obverse center, attractive VF , ex Ajit Singh Collection $100 - 120

2578. SANDWIP ISLAND: Sultan Dilawar, 1617-1665, AR ¼ tanka (2.50g), ND, Mitch-LW.350 (this piece), G-CG12, choice VF, RRRR, ex Hans Mondorf Collection $800 - 1,000 Sandwip Island lies a few miles off the coast from Chittagong. Sultan Dilawar was appointed governor of the island by the Arakanese in 1617 and was ultimately captured, at the age of about 80 years, by the Mughal forces of Aurangzeb in 1665, after which he was imprisoned in Dhaka (Jahangirnagar), where he died soon afterwards; this is the only 2585. SIKH EMPIRE: AE paisa (11.24g), Amritsar, VS1885 (frozen coin that is known to have been produced for the island of Sandwip. date), KM-7a, Herrli-01.34, full clear date, VF $100 - 140 A similar piece sold at Stephen Album Auction 19, Lot 972, for $1200.

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2586. SIKH EMPIRE: AE paisa (9.35g), Amritsar, ND, KM-—, 2593. SIKH EMPIRE: AR nanakshahi rupee (11.15g), Amritsar, Herrli-39var, generally as Herrli-39 but with 8-point star instead VS1833, KM-A20.1, Herrli-01.03.04, very lightly cleaned, EF, R, of 4-point floral cross below the pipal leaf, F-VF, RR $100 - 150 ex Ajit Singh Collection, ex Hakim Hamidi $120 - 150

2587. SIKH EMPIRE: AR 1/8 rupee (1.40g), Amritsar, VS[18]99, KM-17.2, Herrli-13.02.04, VS1885 series, tulip-like flower in obverse center, VF, RRR, ex Ajit Singh Collection, ex Doxey’s Collection (sic) $700 - 900 2594. SIKH EMPIRE: AR nanakshahi rupee (11.18g), Amritsar, VS1835, KM-A20.1, Herrli-01.03.04, EF , ex Ajit Singh Collection $120 - 150 KM Plate Specimen.

2588. SIKH EMPIRE: AR ¼ nanakshahi rupee (2.78g), Amritsar, VS—, KM-18.3. Herrli-01.12.06, VS1885 series, with Gurmukhi 2595. SIKH EMPIRE: AR nanakshahi rupee (11.18g), Amritsar, VS1837, “state” below chhatra, struck VS1903-1905, NGC graded AU53, KM-A20.1, Herrli-01.03.04, lovely strike, choice VF-EF , RR, ex Ajit Singh Collection $600 - 800 ex Ajit Singh Collection $110 - 140

2589. SIKH EMPIRE: AR ½ nanakshahi rupee (4.85g), Amritsar, VS1883, KM-19.1. Herrli-01.07.05, NGC graded AU53, RR, ex Ajit Singh Collection $600 - 800 2596. SIKH EMPIRE: AR nanakshahi rupee (11.22g), Amritsar, VS1838, KM-A20.1a, Herrli-01.04.04, struck from old dies, EF, R, ex Ajit Singh Collection $130 - 160 The Herrli type #04 differed from Herrli type #03 by the change of one word in the obverse couplet, put for easy recognition, note the addition of two pellets below the last 2 digits of the date on the reverse.

2590. SIKH EMPIRE: AR ½ nanakshahi rupee (5.54g), Amritsar, VS[18]85, KM-19.2. Herrli-01.10.05, VS1884 series, magnificent bold strike, with some original luster surviving, NGC graded MS62, RR, ex Ajit Singh Collection $1,000 - 1,200

2597. SIKH EMPIRE: AR nanakshahi rupee (11.18g), Amritsar, VS1839, KM-A20.1a, Herrli-01.04.04, bold strike, choice VF-EF, R, ex Ajit Singh Collection $150 - 180

2591. SIKH EMPIRE: AR ½ nanakshahi rupee (4.86g), Amritsar, VS[18]93, KM-19.3a. Herrli-01.11.05, VS1885 series, nice strike, NGC graded AU53, RR, ex Ajit Singh Collection $600 - 800

2598. SIKH EMPIRE: AR gobindshahi rupee (10.93g), Amritsar, VS1841, KM-A20.2, Herrli-01.18.04, bold strike, VF-EF , ex Ajit Singh Collection $100 - 130

2592. SIKH EMPIRE: AR nanakshahi rupee (11.26g), Amritsar, VS1832, KM-A20.1, Herrli-01.03.04, minor weakness near the rim, choice EF, RR, ex Ajit Singh Collection $250 - 300 First year of production at Amritsar. No example has yet been listed on CoinArchinves. 2599. SIKH EMPIRE: AR gobindshahi rupee (10.93g), Amritsar, VS1846, KM-A20.2, Herrli-01.18.04, lovely bold strike, very rare date, choice EF, RR, ex Ajit Singh Collection $250 - 350 221 India

nanakshahi rupees. Gobindshahi rupees were then halted for 30 years, and resumed VS1895-1905, at the same weight standard as the nanakshahi rupees also struck at Amritsar.

2600. SIKH EMPIRE: AR gobindshahi rupee (10.52g), Amritsar, VS1854, KM-A20.2. Herrli-01.19.04, NGC graded MS62 , ex Ajit Singh Collection $100 - 150 2606. SIKH EMPIRE: AR nanakshahi rupee (11.03g), Amritsar, VS1841 year 315 GN, KM-A20.3, Herrli-01.05.04, full GN year, EF , ex Ajit Singh Collection $110 - 140 The “GN” year refers to the Guru Nanak era.

2601. SIKH EMPIRE: AR gobindshahi rupee (10.75g), Amritsar, VS1854//AH1213, KM-A20.2, Herrli-01.20.04, full bold Vikram and Hijri dates, minor weakness of struck (not effecting the date), EF, RRR, ex Ajit Singh Collection $800 - 1,000 Unpublished Hijri date, as both Herrli and Gurprit knew only of examples bearing the Vikram date 1854, 1859 and 1860, each with 2607. SIKH EMPIRE: AR nanakshahi rupee (11.03g), Amritsar, the Hijri date 1217. Probably unique. VS1842 year 316 GN, KM-A20.3, Herrli-01.05.04, VF-EF , ex Ajit Singh Collection $100 - 120

2602. SIKH EMPIRE: AR gobindshahi rupee (10.66g), Amritsar, VS1862, KM-A20.2, Herrli-01.20.04, off-center strike, revealing 2608. SIKH EMPIRE: AR nanakshahi rupee (11.22g), Amritsar, portions of the legends that are rarely visible, EF , VS1843 year 316 GN, KM-A20.3, Herrli-01.05.04, rare with ex Ajit Singh Collection $120 - 160 clear GN year, EF , ex Ajit Singh Collection $110 - 150

2603. SIKH EMPIRE: AR gobindshahi rupee (10.62g), Amritsar, 2609. SIKH EMPIRE: AR nanakshahi rupee (11.26g), Amritsar, VS1843 VS1863 year 2, KM-A20.2, Herrli-01.20.04, the Arabic “ithna” year 317 GN, KM-A20.3, Herrli-01.05.04, clear GN year, toward for “2" is largely visible in the lower left corner of the reverse, right of obverse center, VF-EF , ex Ajit Singh Collection $110 - 130 EF , ex Ajit Singh Collection $120 - 160

2610. SIKH EMPIRE: AR nanakshahi rupee (11.19g), Amritsar, 2604. SIKH EMPIRE: AR gobindshahi rupee (10.61g), Amritsar, VS1844 year 318 GN, KM-A20.3, Herrli-01.05.04, clear GN VS1864, KM-A20.2, Herrli-01.20.04, nice strike, VF-EF , year, toward the right of obverse center, date/year combination ex Ajit Singh Collection $100 - 130 unpublished by Herrli, EF, RR, ex Ajit Singh Collection $140 - 170

2605. SIKH EMPIRE: AR gobindshahi rupee (10.55g), Amritsar, VS1865, KM-A20.2, Herrli-01.20.04, bold strike, last date of the 2611. SIKH EMPIRE: AR nanakshahi rupee (11.22g), Amritsar, VS1844 first gobindshahi series, EF, S, ex Ajit Singh Collection $140 - 170 year 31x GN, KM-A20.3, Herrli-01.05.04, bold strike, EF $100 - 140 No analyses of the gobindshahi rupee weight standard has been published, and it is not indicated by either Herrli or Gurprit. From our own examination, it appears that the gobindshahi rupee followed a standard of about 10.95-11.00g from VS1841-1852, then about 10.75g VS1854-1860, finally about 10.65g VS1862-1865. All of these weights are about 3% to 4% lighter than contemporary

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2612. SIKH EMPIRE: AR nanakshahi rupee (11.14g), Amritsar, VS1845 year 318 GN, KM-A20.4, Herrli-01.06.04, clear GN 2618. SIKH EMPIRE: AR nanakshahi rupee, Amritsar, VS1879, year, toward the left of obverse center, choice VF-EF, R, KM-20.1, Herrli-01.07.04, superb bold strike, NGC graded MS63 , ex Ajit Singh Collection $140 - 170 ex M.H. Mirza Collection $120 - 160 Scarce 3-year type (VS1845-1847), but very rare with clear GN year.

2619. SIKH EMPIRE: AR nanakshahi rupee, Amritsar, VS1884, KM-20.1. Herrli-01.07.04, lovely golden toning, NGC graded MS61 , ex Ajit Singh Collection $100 - 150 2613. SIKH EMPIRE: AR nanakshahi rupee (11.11g), Amritsar, VS1846 year (3)20 GN, KM-A20.4, Herrli-01.06.04, clear GN year, toward the left of obverse center, some light stain on reverse, bold EF, R, ex Ajit Singh Collection $140 - 170

2620. SIKH EMPIRE: AR mora rupee (11.19g), Amritsar, VS1862, KM-20.4, Herrli-01.13.04, spring with berries, choice VF , ex Ajit Singh Collection $150 - 200

2614. SIKH EMPIRE: AR nanakshahi rupee (11.21g), Amritsar, VS1847, KM-A20.4, Herrli-01.06.04, rare date, EF, R, ex Ajit Singh Collection $100 - 130

2621. SIKH EMPIRE: AR arsiwala rupee (11.07g), Amritsar, VS1863, KM-20.6, Herrli-01.16.04, 9-petal flower, EF , ex Ajit Singh Collection $120 - 150

2615. SIKH EMPIRE: AR nanakshahi rupee (11.23g), Amritsar, VS1848, KM-20.1. Herrli-01.07.04, lovely golden toning, NGC graded MS63 , ex Ajit Singh Collection $100 - 150

2622. SIKH EMPIRE: AR arsiwala rupee (11.13g), Amritsar, VS1863, KM-20.6, Herrli-01.16.04, 9-petal flower, 1 minuscule testmark, VF-EF , ex Ajit Singh Collection $100 - 120

2616. SIKH EMPIRE: AR nanakshahi rupee, Amritsar, VS1877, KM-20.1, Herrli-01.07.04, with number “2" in upper left area of the reverse, NGC graded MS62 , ex M.H. Mirza Collection $100 - 140

2623. SIKH EMPIRE: AR nanakshahi rupee (11.15g), Amritsar, VS[18]67 (sic), KM-21.1, Herrli-01.10.04, VS1884 series, date is likely an error for VS[18]87, engraver’s typo, EF-AU, R, ex Ajit Singh Collection $140 - 180 2617. SIKH EMPIRE: AR nanakshahi rupee, Amritsar, VS1878, KM-20.1, Herrli-01.07.04, NGC graded MS62 , ex M.H. Mirza Collection $100 - 140

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2624. SIKH EMPIRE: AR nanakshahi rupee (11.15g), Amritsar, 2630. SIKH EMPIRE: AR nanakshahi rupee (11.06g), Amritsar, VS[18]93, KM-21.1, Herrli-01.10.04, VS1884 series, scarce VS[18]99, KM-22.5, Herrli-01.11.04, VS1885 series, trident in date, superb strike, EF-AU, R, ex Ajit Singh Collection $120 - 150 obverse field, choice EF-AU , ex Ajit Singh Collection $120 - 150

2625. SIKH EMPIRE: AR gobindshahi rupee (11.03g), Amritsar, 2631. SIKH EMPIRE: AR nanakshahi rupee (11.08g), Amritsar, VS[18]97, KM-21.2. Herrli-01.21.04, VS1884 series, VS[18]99, KM-22.6, Herrli-01.11.04, VS1885 series, chhatra in NGC graded MS62 , ex Ajit Singh Collection $100 - 150 obverse field, 2 minuscule testmarks on reverse, choice EF-AU , ex Ajit Singh Collection $100 - 120

2626. SIKH EMPIRE: AR gobindshahi rupee (11.12g), Amritsar, 2632. SIKH EMPIRE: AR nanakshahi rupee (11.16g), Amritsar, VS[18]97, KM-21.2, Herrli-01.21.04, VS1884 series, choice AU , VS1900, KM-22.6, VS1885 series, chhatra on obverse, ex Ajit Singh Collection $100 - 120 lovely toning, AU $110 - 150

2627. SIKH EMPIRE: AR gobindshahi rupee (11.06g), Amritsar, 2633. SIKH EMPIRE: AR nanakshahi rupee (11.07g), Amritsar, VS1902, VS1900, KM-21.2, Herrli-01.22.04, VS1884 series, choice AU , KM-22.8, Herrli-01.12.04, VS1885 series, pataka below chhatra ex Ajit Singh Collection $120 - 150 on obverse, bold EF , ex Ajit Singh Collection $110 - 140

2628. SIKH EMPIRE: AR gobindshahi rupee (11.10g), Amritsar, 2634. SIKH EMPIRE: AR nanakshahi rupee (11.08g), Amritsar, VS1901, KM-21.2, Herrli-01.22.04, VS1884 series, AU , VS1903, KM-22.9, Herrli-01.12.04, Gurmukhi-64.01, VS1885 ex Ajit Singh Collection $100 - 130 series, chhatra in obverse field, Gurmukhi SAT below, choice EF , ex Ajit Singh Collection $120 - 150

2629. SIKH EMPIRE: AR nanakshahi rupee (11.11g), Amritsar, VS[18]97, KM-22.4, Herrli-01.11.04, VS1885 series, Nagari 2635. SIKH EMPIRE: AR nanakshahi rupee (11.04g), Amritsar, VS1904, OM in obverse field, AU , ex Ajit Singh Collection $120 - 150 KM-22.9, Herrli-01.12.04, Gurmukhi-64.01, VS1885 series, chhatra in obverse field, Gurmukhi SAT below, tiny banker’s mark on reverse, lovely VF-EF, S, ex Ajit Singh Collection $100 - 130

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2642. SIKH EMPIRE: AR rupee (10.55g), Anandgarh, VS1849 year 9, 2636. SIKH EMPIRE: AR nanakshahi rupee (11.02g), Amritsar, KM-30, Herrli-02.02.04, rare date, especially with clear regnal VS1905, KM-22.10, Herrli-01.12.04, VS1885 series, so-called year “9", struck with worn obverse die, VF-EF, R, “lazy W” below chhatra, which is actually RAM in the Lande ex Ajit Singh Collection $120 - 160 script, choice EF, S, ex Ajit Singh Collection $120 - 150

2643. SIKH EMPIRE: AR rupee (10.84g), Kashmir, VS(1)878, KM-46.3. Herrli-06.03.04, clear date, sprig in obverse center, EF , 2637. SIKH EMPIRE: AR nanakshahi rupee (11.07g), unidentified ex Ajit Singh Collection $160 - 200 mint, VS1889, KM-—, Herrli-32.01.04, EF, RR, ex Ajit Singh Collection, ex CNG Auction 66, Lot 1915 $700 - 900 The mint is listed by Herrli as “Unidentified Sikh mint E”. It has tentative been read as Sitamachi or Sitamaji, but that name does not match any known location. The type was first reported in 2001, from a small group of perhapd 10-15 pieces allegedly found in Pakistan.

2644. SIKH EMPIRE: AR rupee (11.03g), Kashmir, VS1879, KM-46.4, Herrli-06.05.04, Gumrukhi HAR obverse, VF, R, ex Hans Mondorf Collection $150 - 200

2638. SIKH EMPIRE: AR rupee (11.16g), Anandgarh, VS1841 year one (ahad), KM-30. Herrli-02.02.04, NGC graded MS63 , ex Ajit Singh Collection $140 - 160 Labeled Anandghar on the slab, which represents the form in Persian script on the coin, but Anandgarh is the modern spelling of the city. 2645. SIKH EMPIRE: AR rupee (11.01g), Kashmir, DM, KM-46.5. See also lot 2639 below. Herrli-06.05.04, Gurmukhi HAR in obverse center, for Hari Singh Nalwa (governor, 1820-21), EF, S, ex Ajit Singh Collect. $140 - 180

2639. SIKH EMPIRE: AR rupee (11.13g), Anandgarh, VS1841, KM-30. Herrli-02.02.04, NGC graded MS62, 2646. SIKH EMPIRE: AR rupee (11.20g), Kashmir, VS(188)1, ex Ajit Singh Collection $120 - 140 KM-46.7, Herrli-06.12.04, flower mark on obverse, EF, R, ex Hans Mondorf Collection $150 - 200

2640. SIKH EMPIRE: AR rupee, Anandgarh, VS1841, KM-30, Herrli-02.01.04, superb bold strike, NGC graded EF45 $130 - 170 2647. SIKH EMPIRE: AR rupee (11.10g), Kashmir, VS188x, KM-46.8, Herrli-06.15.04, flag on obverse, facing right, known dated VS1881-1883, EF, R, ex Hans Mondorf Collection $150 - 200

2641. SIKH EMPIRE: AR rupee (10.85g), Anandgarh, VS1846 year 6, KM-30, Herrli-02.02.04, rare date, especially with clear regnal year “6", EF, R, ex Ajit Singh Collection $150 - 200 2648. SIKH EMPIRE: AR rupee (11.11g), Kashmir, DM, KM-46.8. Herrli-06.15.04, flag left in obverse center (struck VS1881-1883, date off flan), lovely EF , ex Ajit Singh Collection $120 - 160 225 India

2649. SIKH EMPIRE: AR rupee (11.08g), Kashmir, AH188x, KM-46.8. 2656. SIKH EMPIRE: AR rupee (10.89g), Kashmir, VS1897, KM-51. Herrli-06.15.04, flag left in obverse center (struck VS1881-1883, Herrli-06.46.04, sword in obverse center, for Mihan Singh date off flan), EF , ex Ajit Singh Collection $120 - 160 (governor, 1834-41), EF , ex Ajit Singh Collection $100 - 130

2657. SIKH EMPIRE: AR rupee (10.83g), Kashmir, VS1898, KM-52.1. 2650. SIKH EMPIRE: AR rupee (11.00g), Kashmir, AH1883, KM-46.9. Herrli-06.50.04, Persian letter “Sh” in obverse field, for the Herrli-06.16.04, flower mark in obverse center, weak strike, F-VF, governor Shaikh Golam (1834-1841), NGC graded AU58 , R, ex Ajit Singh Collection $100 - 140 ex Ajit Singh Collection $100 - 120

2651. SIKH EMPIRE: AR rupee (11.06g), Kashmir, VS1888, KM-46.13. 2658. SIKH EMPIRE: AR rupee (10.88g), Kashmir, VS1898, KM-52.1. Herrli-06.36.04, Persian letter “B” in obverse center, for Bhima Herrli-06.50.04, Persian letter “Sh” for Shaikh Golam (governor, Singh Ardali (governor, 1830-31), choice EF-AU, R, 1841-45), choice EF , ex Ajit Singh Collection $130 - 160 ex Ajit Singh Collection $200 - 250

2652. SIKH EMPIRE: AR rupee (11.06g), Kashmir, VS1887, KM-46.15. 2659. SIKH EMPIRE: AR rupee (10.84g), Kashmir, VS1899, KM-52.1. Herrli-06.29.04, Persian letter “K” in obverse center, for Diwan Herrli-06.50.04, Persian letter “Sh” for Shaikh Golam (governor, Kirpa Ram (governor, 1827-30), with branch left of name Guru, 1841-45), EF, ex Ajit Singh Collect., ex Doxey’s Collect. $120 - 150 VF-EF, R, ex Ajit Singh Collection $150 - 200

2653. SIKH EMPIRE: AR rupee (10.91g), Kashmir, VS1894, KM-51. 2660. SIKH EMPIRE: AR rupee (10.82g), Kashmir, VS1900, KM-52.2. Herrli-06.46.04, sword in obverse center, for Mihan Singh Herrli-06.51.04, Persian letter “Sh” for Shaikh Golam (governor, (governor, 1834-41), EF , ex Ajit Singh Collection $100 - 130 1841-45), with extra leaf above last letter of guru, EF , ex Ajit Singh Collection $120 - 150

2654. SIKH EMPIRE: AR rupee (10.97g), Kashmir, VS1895, KM-51. Herrli-06.46.04, sword in obverse center, for Mihan Singh 2661. SIKH EMPIRE: AR rupee (10.97g), Kashmir, VS1901, KM-52.2. (governor, 1834-41), EF , ex Ajit Singh Collection $100 - 130 Herrli-06.51.04, Persian letter “Sh” for Shaikh Golam (governor, 1841-45), VF-EF , ex Ajit Singh Collection $100 - 120

2655. SIKH EMPIRE: AR rupee (10.94g), Kashmir, VS1896, KM-51. Herrli-06.46.04, sword in obverse center, for Mihan Singh 2662. SIKH EMPIRE: AR rupee (10.79g), Kashmir, VS1902, KM-52.2. (governor, 1834-41), EF , ex Ajit Singh Collection $100 - 130 Herrli-06.51.04, Persian letter “Sh” for Shaikh Golam (governor, 1841-45), EF , ex Ajit Singh Collection $120 - 150

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2663. SIKH EMPIRE: AR rupee (10.83g), Kashmir, VS1903, KM-52.2. 2670. SIKH EMPIRE: AR rupee (11.30g), Lahore, VS1824, KM-63, Herrli-06.51.04, Persian letter “Sh” for Shaikh Imam al-Din Herrli-08.03.04, bold strike, adjustment mark on obverse, EF , Bahadur (governor, 1845-47), with flower symbol on obverse as ex Ajit Singh Collection $100 - 140 recorded by Herrli only for VS1902 (use of old obverse die), VF-EF, R, ex Ajit Singh Collection $120 - 150 Kashmir was lost to the Sikhs during the year VS1903 and fell under the rule of Gulab Singh of Jammu.

2671. SIKH EMPIRE: AR rupee (11.07g), Lahore, VS1826, KM-63, Herrli-08.03.04, EF $120 - 150

2664. SIKH EMPIRE: AR rupee (11.27g), Lahore, VS1822, KM-A63. Herrli-08.02.04, first year of Sikh coinage at Lahore, some original luster, NGC graded MS62, R, ex Ajit Singh Collection $200 - 300

2672. SIKH EMPIRE: AR rupee (11.26g), Lahore, VS1827, KM-63, Herrli-08.03.04, VF , ex Ajit Singh Collection $100 - 140

2665. SIKH EMPIRE: AR rupee (11.39g), Lahore, VS1822, KM-A63, AU $100 - 150

2673. SIKH EMPIRE: AR rupee (11.22g), Lahore, VS1828, KM-63. Herrli-08.02.04, NGC graded MS61, ex Ajit Singh Collection $120 - 160

2666. SIKH EMPIRE: AR rupee (11.35g), Lahore, VS1822, KM-A63, Herrli-08.02.04, light iridescent toning, EF, R, ex Ajit Singh Collection $160 - 200

2674. SIKH EMPIRE: AR rupee (11.18g), Lahore, VS1828, KM-63, Herrli-08.03.04, EF , ex Ajit Singh Collection $120 - 160

2667. SIKH EMPIRE: AR rupee (10.82g), Lahore, VS1822, KM-A63, Herrli-08.02.04, first issue at Lahore, 1 small test cut, VF, R $120 - 140

2675. SIKH EMPIRE: AR rupee (11.19g), Lahore, VS1829, KM-63, Herrli-08.03.04, VF , ex Ajit Singh Collection $100 - 140

2668. SIKH EMPIRE: AR rupee (10.99g), Lahore, VS1823, KM-63, Herrli-08.02.04, cleaned, very rare date, choice VF, RR, ex Ajit Singh Collection $200 - 250

2676. SIKH EMPIRE: AR rupee (11.34g), Lahore, VS1830, KM-63. Herrli-08.02.04, lovely bold strike, NGC graded MS62 , ex Ajit Singh Collection $140 - 180

2669. SIKH EMPIRE: AR rupee (11.30g), Lahore, VS1824, KM-63, Herrli-08.03.04, EF , ex Ajit Singh Collection $100 - 140

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2677. SIKH EMPIRE: AR rupee (11.31g), Lahore, VS1831, KM-63, 2684. SIKH EMPIRE: AR rupee (11.23g), Lahore, VS1836, Herrli-08.03.04, minor weakness near the rim, EF $120 - 140 KM-63, Herrli-08.03.04, 5 small testmarks, VF-EF , ex M.H. Mirza Collection $100 - 120

2678. SIKH EMPIRE: AR rupee (11.18g), Lahore, VS1831, KM-63, 2685. SIKH EMPIRE: AR rupee (11.18g), Lahore, VS1838, KM-63, Herrli-08.03.04, pleasing VF , ex Ajit Singh Collection $100 - 140 Herrli-08.03.04, 1 small testmark, scarce date, VF-EF , ex Ajit Singh Collection $130 - 170

2679. SIKH EMPIRE: AR rupee (11.21g), Lahore, VS1832, KM-63, Herrli-08.03.04, struck from worn obverse die, VF-EF , 2686. SIKH EMPIRE: AR rupee (11.16g), Lahore, VS1839, KM-63, ex Ajit Singh Collection $100 - 140 Herrli-08.03.04, lovely EF $120 - 140

2680. SIKH EMPIRE: AR rupee (11.29g), Lahore, VS1833, KM-63, Herrli-08.03.04, VF-EF , ex Ajit Singh Collection $100 - 140 2687. SIKH EMPIRE: AR rupee (11.03g), Lahore, VS1841, KM-64, Herrli-08.04.04, rare date for this type, broad flan, VF-EF $100 - 130

2681. SIKH EMPIRE: AR rupee (11.21g), Lahore, VS1835, KM-63, Herrli-08.03.04, nice strike, 1 tiny testmark, VF-EF , ex Ajit Singh Collection $100 - 140 2688. SIKH EMPIRE: AR rupee (10.99g), Lahore, VS1841, KM-64, Herrli-08.04.04, some light porosity, scarce date, VF-EF , ex Ajit Singh Collection $100 - 120

2682. SIKH EMPIRE: AR rupee (10.95g), Lahore, VS1835, KM-63, Herrli-08.03.04, bold VF-EF $100 - 120 2689. SIKH EMPIRE: AR rupee (11.14g), Lahore, VS1842, KM-64. Herrli-08.04.04, lovely golden gray toning, NGC graded MS61 , ex Ajit Singh Collection $120 - 140

2683. SIKH EMPIRE: AR rupee (11.19g), Lahore, VS1836, KM-63. Herrli-08.02.04, NGC graded MS61 , ex Ajit Singh Collection $120 - 140

2690. SIKH EMPIRE: AR rupee (11.08g), Lahore, VS1848, KM-64, Herrli-08.04.04, some light porosity, rare date, bold VF, R, ex Ajit Singh Collection $120 - 160

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2691. SIKH EMPIRE: AR rupee (11.09g), Lahore, VS1853, KM-64, 2698. SIKH EMPIRE: AR rupee (10.86g), Lahore, VS1860, KM-66.1, Herrli-08.04.04, AU , ex Ajit Singh Collection $100 - 140 Herrli-06.08.04, porous surfaces, rare date, VF-EF , ex Hans Mondorf Collection $100 - 120

2692. SIKH EMPIRE: AR rupee (10.99g), Lahore, VS1854, KM-64, Herrli-08.04.04, lightly cleaned, rare date, EF, R, 2699. SIKH EMPIRE: AR rupee (10.99g), Lahore, VS1861, KM-66.1, ex Ajit Singh Collection, ex Hakim Hamidi $130 - 170 Herrli-08.06.04, choice VF , ex Ajit Singh Collection $100 - 140

2693. SIKH EMPIRE: AR rupee (10.93g), Lahore, VS1855, KM-64. Herrli-08.04.04, NGC graded MS63 , 2700. SIKH EMPIRE: AR rupee (11.07g), Lahore, VS1862, KM-66.1, ex Ajit Singh Collection $140 - 180 Herrli-08.06.04, choice EF , ex Ajit Singh Collection $120 - 160

2694. SIKH EMPIRE: AR rupee (10.86g), Lahore, VS1855, KM-64, 2701. SIKH EMPIRE: AR rupee (10.99g), Lahore, VS1863, KM-66.1, Herrli-08.04.04, EF-AU $110 - 150 Herrli-08.06.04, bold VF-EF , ex Ajit Singh Collection $100 - 140

2702. SIKH EMPIRE: AR rupee (11.12g), Lahore, VS1864, KM-66.1, 2695. SIKH EMPIRE: AR rupee (11.05g), Lahore, VS1856, KM-66.1, Herrli-08.06.04, better date, pleasing VF , Herrli-08.06.04, first year of this type (with leaf to left of date), ex Ajit Singh Collection $100 - 140 EF , ex Ajit Singh Collection $110 - 150

2703. SIKH EMPIRE: AR rupee (11.08g), Lahore, VS1865, KM-66.1, 2696. SIKH EMPIRE: AR rupee (11.12g), Lahore, VS1857, KM-66.1, Herrli-08.06.04, very rare date, lovely VF-EF, R, Herrli-08.06.04, superb strike, bold AU , ex Ajit Singh Collection ex Ajit Singh Collection $140 - 180 $130 - 170

2704. SIKH EMPIRE: AR rupee (10.88g), Lahore, VS1872, KM-66.1, 2697. SIKH EMPIRE: AR rupee (11.14g), Lahore, VS1860, KM-66.1, Herrli-08.06.04, VF $100 - 120 Herrli-08.06.04, VF-EF , ex Ajit Singh Collection $100 - 140

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2705. SIKH EMPIRE: AR rupee (11.11g), Lahore, VS1876, KM-66.1, 2712. SIKH EMPIRE: AR rupee (11.12g), Lahore, VS[18]92, KM-66.2, Herrli-08.06.04, VF-EF , ex Ajit Singh Collection $100 - 130 Herrli-08.08.04, VS1884 series, superb strike, choice EF-AU , ex Ajit Singh Collection $130 - 170

2706. SIKH EMPIRE: AR rupee (11.06g), Lahore, VS1878, KM-66.1, Herrli-08.06.04, VF-EF , ex Ajit Singh Collection $100 - 130 2713. SIKH EMPIRE: AR rupee (11.03g), Lahore, VS[18]94, KM-67, Herrli-08.09.04, VS1885 series, attractive strike, adjustment mark on obverse, VF-EF , ex Ajit Singh Collection, ex Hakim Hamidi $110 - 150

2707. SIKH EMPIRE: AR rupee (11.09g), Lahore, VS1879, KM-66.1, Herrli-08.06.04, EF , ex Ajit Singh Collection $110 - 150

2714. SIKH EMPIRE: AR rupee (11.13g), Lahore, VS[18]95, KM-67, Herrli-08.09.04, VS1885 series, bold strike, EF-AU , ex Ajit Singh Collection, ex Hakim Hamidi $140 - 180

2708. SIKH EMPIRE: AR rupee (11.01g), Lahore, VS1880, KM-66.1, Herrli-08.06.04, EF , ex Ajit Singh Collection $110 - 150

2715. SIKH EMPIRE: AR rupee (11.01g), Lahore, VS[18]95, KM-67, Herrli-08.09.04, VS1885 series, fancy leaf to left of date, EF $130 - 170

2709. SIKH EMPIRE: AR rupee (11.13g), Lahore, VS[18]89, KM-66.2, Herrli-08.08.04, VS1884 series, EF , ex Ajit Singh Collection $110 - 150

2716. SIKH EMPIRE: AR rupee (10.99g), Lahore, VS[18]96, KM-67, Herrli-08.09.04, VS1885 series, bold strike, EF $130 - 170

2710. SIKH EMPIRE: AR rupee (11.14g), Lahore, VS[18]90, KM-66.2, Herrli-08.08.04, VS1884 series, VF-EF , ex Ajit Singh Collection $100 - 120 2717. SIKH EMPIRE: AR rupee (11.09g), Lahore, VS[18]96, KM-67, Herrli-08.09.04, VS1885 series, nice strike, EF , ex Ajit Singh Collection, ex Hakim Hamidi $120 - 160

2711. SIKH EMPIRE: AR rupee (11.07g), Lahore, VS[18]91, KM-66.2, Herrli-08.08.04, VS1884 series, EF , ex Ajit Singh Collection $110 - 150 2718. SIKH EMPIRE: AR rupee (11.20g), Mankera, VS1880, KM-72, Herrli-33.02.04, lovely bold strike, choice EF , ex Ajit Singh Collection $800 - 1,000 230 Stephen Album Rare Coins | Auction 28 | May 18-20, 2017 | Session F

Extremely rare mint, formerly and tentatively identified as Malkerian, now confirmed as Mankera, about 50 miles southeast of Dera Ismail Khan (=Derajat). Ruins of the fortress have survived and can be viewed on the internet.

2725. SIKH EMPIRE: AR rupee (10.93g), Multan, VS1878, KM-84, Herrli-11.03.04, weight adjustment mark, EF , ex Ajit Singh Collection, ex Hakim Hamidi $120 - 160 2719. SIKH EMPIRE: AR rupee (11.53g), Multan, VS1831, KM-83, Herrli-11.01.04, struck during the first Sikh occupation of Multan, 1772-1780 (VS1829-1836), bold strike, choice VF, RR, ex Ajit Singh Collection $600 - 800

2726. SIKH EMPIRE: AR rupee (11.07g), Multan, VS1879, KM-84, Herrli-11.03.04, EF , ex Ajit Singh Collection, ex Hakim Hamidi $120 - 160

2720. SIKH EMPIRE: AR rupee (11.50g), Multan, VS1832, KM-83, Herrli-11.01.04, struck during the first Sikh occupation of Multan, 1772-1780 (VS1829-1836), VF-EF, RR, ex Ajit Singh Collection $500 - 700

2727. SIKH EMPIRE: AR rupee (11.11g), Multan, VS1880, KM-85, Herrli-11.03.04, trident in obverse, added above the L of fadl, EF , ex Ajit Singh Collection $120 - 160

2721. SIKH EMPIRE: AR rupee (11.14g), Multan, VS1875, KM-84, Herrli-11.03.04, first year of the second Sikh occupation of Multan, 1818-1849 (VS1875-1905), 1 tiny testmark, lovely toning, rare date, EF , ex Ajit Singh Collection $200 - 250

2728. SIKH EMPIRE: AR rupee (10.85g), Multan, VS1882, KM-85, Herrli-11.03.04, trident in obverse field, VF-EF , ex Ajit Singh Collection $100 - 140

2722. SIKH EMPIRE: AR rupee (11.04g), Multan, VS1876, KM-84, Herrli-11.03.04, 2 small testmarks, attractive VF , ex Ajit Singh Collection $110 - 150

2729. SIKH EMPIRE: AR rupee (11.11g), Multan, VS1883, KM-85. Herrli-11.03.04, trident mark on obverse, NGC graded MS62 , ex Ajit Singh Collection $140 - 180

2723. SIKH EMPIRE: AR rupee (11.08g), Multan, VS1877, KM-84, Herrli-11.03.04, weight adjustment mark, EF , ex Ajit Singh Collection $140 - 180

2730. SIKH EMPIRE: AR rupee (11.03g), Multan, VS1884, KM-85, Herrli-11.03.04, trident in obverse field, with 3 pellets to the left, EF , ex Ajit Singh Collection, ex Hakim Hamidi $120 - 160

2724. SIKH EMPIRE: AR rupee (11.10g), Multan, VS1878, KM-84, Herrli-11.03.04, bold EF , ex Ajit Singh Collection $140 - 180 Struck on carelessly prepared blank planchet, perhaps insufficiently heated before striking. 2731. SIKH EMPIRE: AR rupee (11.13g), Multan, VS1885, KM-86.1, Herrli-11.03.04, flower in obverse field, EF , ex Ajit Singh Collection $120 - 160 231 India

2739. SIKH EMPIRE: AR rupee (11.09g), Multan, VS1893, KM-86.1, 2732. SIKH EMPIRE: AR rupee (11.14g), Multan, VS1886, KM-86.1, Herrli-11.03.04, choice EF , ex Ajit Singh Collection $130 - 160 Herrli-11.03.04, EF , ex Ajit Singh Collection $120 - 160

2740. SIKH EMPIRE: AR rupee (11.11g), Multan, VS1896, KM-86.1, 2733. SIKH EMPIRE: AR rupee (11.06g), Multan, VS1887, KM-86.1, Herrli-11.03.04, 1 small testmark, choice EF , Herrli-11.03.04, some weakness of strike, VF , ex Ajit Singh Collection $110 - 140 ex Ajit Singh Collection, ex Hakim Hamidi $100 - 120

2734. SIKH EMPIRE: AR rupee (11.14g), Multan, VS1888, KM-86.1, 2741. SIKH EMPIRE: AR rupee (11.03g), Multan, VS1897, KM-86.1, Herrli-11.03.04, choice EF , ex Ajit Singh Collection $140 - 160 Herrli-11.03.04, bold strike, few spots of minor adhesion, EF , ex Ajit Singh Collection $110 - 140

2735. SIKH EMPIRE: AR rupee (11.15g), Multan, VS1890, KM-86.1, Herrli-11.03.04, EF , ex Ajit Singh Collection $120 - 150 2742. SIKH EMPIRE: AR rupee (11.12g), Multan, VS1898, KM-86.1, Herrli-11.03.04, floral symbol below second “8" of the date, iridescent toning, choice EF , ex Ajit Singh Collection, ex Hakim Hamidi $130 - 150

2736. SIKH EMPIRE: AR rupee (11.08g), Multan, VS1891, KM-86.1, Herrli-11.03.04, flower right of VS date, VF-EF , ex Ajit Singh Collection $100 - 130 2743. SIKH EMPIRE: AR rupee (11.15g), Multan, VS1899, KM-86.1, Herrli-11.03.04, iridescent toning, choice EF , ex Ajit Singh Collection $160 - 200 Ornate floral symbol to right of date, unlisted by Herrli, not known for any other year as well, but probably the most common symbol for VS1899.

2737. SIKH EMPIRE: AR rupee (10.64g), Multan, VS1891, KM-86.1, Herrli-11.03.04, star right of VS date, 1 banker’s mark on reverse, attractive VF, R, ex Ajit Singh Collection $100 - 130 With addition symbol above & below the D of “fadl”.

2744. SIKH EMPIRE: AR rupee (11.15g), Multan, VS1900, KM-86.1. Herrli-11.03.04, flower mark and “barbell” on obverse, NGC graded MS62 , ex Ajit Singh Collection $140 - 180

2738. SIKH EMPIRE: AR rupee (11.09g), Multan, VS1892, KM-86.1, Herrli-11.03.04, without the annulet above the VS date (unlisted by Herrli), 1 testmark, VF-EF , ex Ajit Singh Collection $110 - 140

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2745. SIKH EMPIRE: AR rupee (11.16g), Multan, VS1900, KM-86.1, Herrli-11.03.04, choice EF , ex Ajit Singh Collection $140 - 170 2752. SIKH EMPIRE: Bharpur Singh, 1847-1863, AR rupee (11.20g), Nimak, VS1904, KM-88. Herrli-03.01.04, fabulous strike on broad flan, possibly the finest known example, choice EF-AU, RR, ex Ajit Singh Collection $800 - 1,000

2746. SIKH EMPIRE: AR rupee (11.15g), Multan, VS1901, KM-86.1. Herrli-11.03.04, flower mark on obverse, NGC graded MS62 , ex Ajit Singh Collection $140 - 180 2753. SIKH EMPIRE: Bharpur Singh, 1847-1863, AR rupee (11.09g), Nimak, VS1905, KM-88. Herrli-03.01.04, broad flan, full date, VF-EF, RR, ex Ajit Singh Collection $400 - 500 Herrli associates the Nimak mint, which means “salt” (in Urdu), with the town of Pin Dadan Khan in the Punjab, an important town at the base of the Salt Range mountains.

2747. SIKH EMPIRE: AR rupee (11.10g), Multan, VS1904, KM-86.1, Herrli-11.03.04, with the English letter A to left of the VS date (undetermined meaning), choice EF , ex Ajit Singh Collection $150 - 180

2754. SIKH EMPIRE: AR rupee (9.28g), Peshawar, VS1891, KM-98.1, Herrli-13.01.04, without the border of dots around the pipal leaf, attractive VF, R, ex Ajit Singh Collection $200 - 240 The weight of this piece corresponds to the contemporary Afghan rupee of about 9.2-9.4 grams, the weight of the last Barakzay rupees of Peshawar, struck anonymously by Sultan Muhammad 2748. SIKH EMPIRE: AR rupee (11.14g), Multan, VS1905, KM-86.1, Tala’i AH1247-1249 (A-3159). Herrli-11.03.04, with the English letter A to left of the VS date (undetermined meaning), weight adjustment mark, choice EF, S, ex Ajit Singh Collection, ex Hakim Hamidi $180 - 220

2749. SIKH EMPIRE: AV rupee (1/15 mohur) (0.54g), [Multan], VS1905, KM-87, Herrli-11.09.04, struck by Diwan Mulraj during the British 2755. SIKH EMPIRE: AR rupee (8.53g), Peshawar, VS1892//1892, siege of Multan, mount removed, VF , KM-98.2. Herrli-13.02.04, fantastic bold strike, ex Ajit Singh Collection $160 - 200 NGC graded MS63, R, ex Ajit Singh Collection $250 - 350 All examples of this type bear the Gobindshahi couplet on the obverse, mint, date and pipal leaf on reverse.

2750. SIKH EMPIRE: AV rupee (1/15 mohur) (0.51g), [Multan], VS1905, KM-87, Herrli-11.09.04, struck by Diwan Mulraj during the British siege of Multan, mount removed, VF , ex Ajit Singh Collection $160 - 200 The Siege of Multan was a prolonged event between the British East India Company and the city and state of Multan. The siege lasted from April 19, 1848, when a rebellion against a ruler installed by the East India Company started the Second Anglo-Sikh War, and 2756. SIKH EMPIRE: AR rupee (8.27g), Peshawar, VS1892//1892, January 22, 1849, when the last of the defenders surrendered. KM-98.2, couple minor scratches, EF , ex Hans Mondorf Collection $200 - 300

2751. SIKH EMPIRE: Bharpur Singh, 1847-1863, AR rupee (10.98g), Nabha, VS1907, Y-1.1, Herrli-15.03.04, in the name of Guru Gobind Singh, star below first digit of the date, 2757. SIKH EMPIRE: AR rupee (8.53g), Peshawar, VS1892//1892, gorgeous example, choice EF , ex Ajit Singh Collection $300 - 350 KM-98.2, Herrli-13.02.04, EF , ex Ajit Singh Collection $180 - 220 233 India

2758. SIKH EMPIRE: AR rupee (8.43g), Peshawar, VS1892//1892, 2765. SIKH EMPIRE: AE falus (6.71g), Peshawar, AH1246, KM-—, KM-98.2, Herrli-13.02.04, lightly polished, EF , Valentine-750, in the name of the long deceased Durrani ex Ajit Singh Collection $120 - 150 Taimur Shah, 3-petal flower in reverse center, VF, R $120 - 160

2766. SIKH EMPIRE: AE paisa (8.12g), Najibabad, year 41, KM-—, 2759. SIKH EMPIRE: AR rupee (8.46g), Peshawar, VS1892//1892, Herrli-17.01.11, nice strike, F-VF, R, KM-98.2, Herrli-13.02.04, lovely strike, VF-EF $240 - 300 ex Ajit Singh Collection $120 - 140 Gobindshahi couplet obverse, struck during the brief Sikh occupation of Najibabad under the command of Jassa Singh in 1785, with the reverse copied from standard local issues.

2760. SIKH EMPIRE: AR rupee (8.38g), Peshawar, VS1892//1892, KM-98.2, Herrli-13.02.04, broad flan, VF $200 - 250 2767. SIKH EMPIRE: AR rupee (10.85g), Derajat, AH1240, KM-373. Herrli-07.01.04, in the name of the Durrani ruler Mahmud Shah, lovely gloden toning, NGC graded MS64 , ex Ajit Singh Collection $120 - 160

2761. SIKH EMPIRE: AR rupee (8.33g), Peshawar, VS1893//1893, KM-98.2, Herrli-13.02.04, EF , ex Ajit Singh Collection $180 - 220 2768. SIKH EMPIRE: AR rupee (10.74g), Derajat, VS1897, KM-120.2, EF $100 - 150

2762. SIKH EMPIRE: AR rupee (8.50g), Peshawar, VS1893//1893, 2769. SIKH EMPIRE: AR rupee (10.74g), Derajat, VS1898, KM-98.2, Herrli-13.02.04, lovely bold strike, VF-EF $240 - 300 KM-120.2. Herrli-07.06.04, NGC graded MS62 , ex Ajit Singh Collection $100 - 120

2770. SIKH EMPIRE: AR rupee (10.70g), Derajat, VS1899, 2763. SIKH EMPIRE: AR rupee (8.46g), Peshawar, VS1894//1894, KM-120.2. Herrli-07.06.04, lovely strike, choice VF , KM-98.2, Herrli-13.02.04, EF-AU, R, ex Ajit Singh Collection $100 - 120 ex Ajit Singh Collection $220 - 260

2764. SIKH EMPIRE: AE paisa (10.47g), Peshawar, AH1240, Zeno-95817, ornate canopy within an ornamental arch, with Arabic phrase ‘aqibat ma’mur // mint & date, within an octagonal frame, overstruck on earlier type, also of Peshawar mint, bold VF, RR, ex Hans Mondorf Collection $120 - 180 234 Stephen Album Rare Coins | Auction 28 | May 18-20, 2017 | Session F

2785. SIKH EMPIRE: LOT of 7 silver gobindshahi rupees of Amritsar, VS1884 series: KM-21.2: VS[18]97, [18]98 (2 pcs), [18]99 (2 pcs), 1900, and 1901; average EF condition, 2 pieces each with one small testmark; retail value $350, lot of 7 pieces, , ex Ajit Singh Collection $200 - 280 2786. SIKH EMPIRE: LOT of 13 silver nanakshahi Amritsar rupees of the VS1885 series, with the following actual dates & varieties: VS[18]93 (katar on reverse), VS[18]94 (2 vars, one with & one without katar on reverse), VS[18]95, VS[18]96, VS[18]97 (OM on obverse), VS[18]98 (2 vars., one with and one without trident on 2771. SIKH EMPIRE: AE pattern paisa (9.26g), NM, 1830, obverse), VS[18]99 (2 variants, one with trident, one with chhatra), Herrli-04.20.11, coarsely engraved Persian inscription on machine VS1900 (chhatra), VS1903 (pataka), and VS1904 (Gurmukhi SAT struck planchet, citing Baba Nanak & Ranjit Singh, chocolate below chhatra); mostly EF condition, 1 testmark only on the surfaces, few traces of original luster, AU, R, VS1904 piece; retail value $850, lot of 13 pieces, , ex Ajit Singh Collection $200 - 250 ex Ajit Singh Collection $400 - 600 2772. SIKH EMPIRE: LOT of 4 early silver rupees of Amritsar mint, type 2787. SIKH EMPIRE: LOT of 14 silver nanakshahi Amritsar rupees of KM-A20.1 (Herrli-01.03.04): VS1834 (VF-EF), VS1835 (VF-EF), the VS1885 series, with the following actual dates & varieties: and VS1836 (2 pcs, both VF, one of them with 3 testmarks); retail VS[18]94 (4 pcs, including one with the katar on reverse); value $350, lot of 4 pieces, , ex Ajit Singh Collection $180 - 220 VS[18]95 (4 pcs), VS[18]96 (4 pcs), and VS[18]98 (2 pcs); nearly all EF condition, including 4 examples with testmarks; retail value 2773. SIKH EMPIRE: LOT of 8 silver nanakshahi rupees of Amritsar $700, lot of 14 pieces, , ex Ajit Singh Collection $350 - 500 mint: KM-A20.3 (Herrli-01.05.04), VS1841, 1842 (3 pcs, one showing the GN year 316), and 1843; and KM-A20.4 2788. SIKH EMPIRE: LOT of 10 silver rupees: Anandgarh mint: KM-30 (Herrli-01.06.04), VS1845, 1846, and 1847; average VF-EF (Herrli-02.02.04): VS1841 (Fine), and VS1844 (VF); and Derajat condition; retail value $540, lot of 8 pieces, , mint: KM-373 (Herrli-07.01.04): AH1237 (VF-EF), AH1238 (Fine), ex Ajit Singh Collection $300 - 400 AH1240 (VF), and AH1250 (VF); and KM-120.2 (Herrli-07.06.04): VS1895 (VF-EF), VS1896 (bold VF), VS1897 (VF), and VS1900 2774. SIKH EMPIRE: LOT of 7 silver gobindshahi rupees of Amritsar: (VF); retail value $850, lot of 10 pieces, , KM-A20.2: VS1841 (2 pcs), 1842, 1851, 1854 (2 pcs), and 1859; ex Ajit Singh Collection $400 - 600 average VF-EF condition (1 piece with testmarks); retail value $420, lot of 7 pieces, , ex Ajit Singh Collection $200 - 300 2789. SIKH EMPIRE: LOT of 4 silver rupees of the Derajat mint, in the name of the Durrani ruler Mahmud Shah: KM-373 2775. SIKH EMPIRE: LOT of 11 silver rupees: Amritsar VS1842, 1844, (Herrli-07.01.04), AH1241 EF), AH1242 (EF), AH1242 (EF), and 1859, “1860" (for 1860), 1869, 1876, 1879, 1885/95, and 1885/96; AH1246 year 6 (EF, 1 testmark); retail value $400, lot of 4 Kashmir 189x, and Lahore 1871, nearly all VF or better, a couple pieces, , ex Ajit Singh Collection $180 - 220 EF; retail value $700, lot of 11 pieces, , ex Hans Mondorf Collection $350 - 550 2790. SIKH EMPIRE: LOT of 1 silver mora rupee and 3 contemporary forgeries of the nanakshahi rupee of Amritsar: Silver: KM-20.4 2776. SIKH EMPIRE: SET of 13 silver nanakshahi rupees of Amritsar (Herrli-01.13.04), date off flan, sprig with berries (choice EF); mint: KM-20.1 (Herrli-01.07.04): VS1848, 1849, 1850 (2 pcs), Forgeries: VS1863, pure copper with no silver plating (Fine); 1851, 1852, 1853, 1854, 1855, 1856, 1857, and 1858 (2 pcs) VS1881, copper with traces of silver-wash; and VS[18]93 of the (missing only VS1859); average VF and better; retail value $700, VS1884 series (Fine), cast copper with silver plating (VF); retail lot of 13 pieces, , ex Ajit Singh Collection $350 - 500 value $240, lot of 4 pieces, , ex Ajit Singh Collection $130 - 150 2777. SIKH EMPIRE: LOT of 11 Sikh silver rupees of Amritsar mint, 2791. SIKH EMPIRE: LOT of 26 copper paisas of the Amritsar mint and VS1854 VF, VS1865 Fine, VS1872 EF, VS1876 VF-EF, VS1882 1 falus of Kabul: Common type Herrli-34 (19 pcs); katar right AU (2), VS1884//VS[18]92 VF, another EF, VS1885//VS[18]97 (H-35, 2 pcs); cross-like flower (H-37, 2 pcs); 3-petal flower (H-56, VF-EF, VS1884//VS[18]98 VF, plus one rupee with date missing 2 pcs); imitation of H-34 (1 pc); and Barakzay issue of Kabul (1 VF, retail value $525, lot of 11 coins $300 - 500 pc); average Five to VF condition, excellent group for the starting 2778. SIKH EMPIRE: SET of 11 silver nanakshahi rupees of Amritsar collector; retail value $800, lot of 27 pieces $400 - 550 mint: KM-20.1 (Herrli-01.07.04): VS1860, 1806 (sic, error for 2792. SIKH EMPIRE: LOT of 5 copper paisas of the Amritsar mint: 1860), 1861, 1862, 1863, 1864, 1865, 1866, 1867, 1868, and Herrli-01.30, dated VS1880 with clear date (2 pc); H-31, date off 1869, complete set; nearly all EF condition; retail value $700, flan (1 pc), and H-80, nanak paisa, date off flan or undated (2 lot of 11 pieces, , ex Ajit Singh Collection $400 - 550 pcs); averag F-VF condition; retail value $230, 2779. SIKH EMPIRE: LOT of 20 silver nanakshahi rupees of Amritsar lot of 5 pieces $110 - 150 mint: KM-20.1 (Herrli-01.07.04): VS1861, 1863, 1864 (2 pcs), 2793. SIKH EMPIRE: LOT of 10 Sikh copper coins of Peshawar plus 1 1865 (6 pcs), 1866 (4 pcs), 1867 (5 pcs), and 1868; average VF or uncertain mint, undated or date off flan unless otherwise noted, all better, a few with small testmarks; retail value $1000, overstruck on earlier types: Floral types, Persian legends: Pipal lot of 20 pieces, , ex Ajit Singh Collection $550 - 750 leaf, 7-petal flower, 3-petal flower, 4-petal flower (3 pcs, all 2780. SIKH EMPIRE: LOT of 3 silver rupees of Amritsar mint, KM-20.1, different styles, including one dated AH1246), 5-petal flower, rising Herrli-01.07.04: VS1862 (choice EF-AU), VS1875 (choice EF-AU), bud (AH124x); Gurmukhi legend types: Legends only (2 pcs); and VS1882 (AU59 graded by NGC); retail value $240, and one uncertain type, possibly uncertain Durrani issue or early lot of 3 pieces, , ex M.H. Mirza Collection $140 - 180 Sikh issue or Peshawar; average condition is crude F-VF; 2781. SIKH EMPIRE: SET of 9 silver nanakshahi rupees of Amritsar retail value $550, lot of 11 pieces $300 - 400 mint: KM-20.1 (Herrli-01.07.04): VS1871 (double-line on reverse, 2794. SIKH EMPIRE: LOT of 37 copper paisas: Amritsar mint (23 pcs), F-VF), 1872, 1873, 1874, 1875, 1876, 1877, 1878, and 1879 Derajat (2), Jammu (4), Multan (1), Najibabad (1), and Peshawar (lacking only VS1870), all EF unless noted; retail value $500, (6), many scarce types, especially for Amritsar & Peshawar, large lot of 9 pieces, , ex Ajit Singh Collection $240 - 340 variety, relatively few duplicates, identified by the consignor, 2782. SIKH EMPIRE: SET of 9 silver nanakshahi rupees of Amritsar average VG, many Fine, a few with porosity or corrosion; mint: KM-20.1 (Herrli-01.07.04): VS1871 (double-line on reverse, retail value $700, lot of 37 pieces, F-VF), 1872, 1873, 1874, 1875, 1876, 1877, 1878, and 1879 ex Hans Mondorf Collection $350 - 550 (lacking only VS1870), all EF unless noted; retail value $500, 2795. SIKH EMPIRE: LOT of 19 copper paisas: Amritsar: KM-7.4 lot of 9 pieces, , ex Ajit Singh Collection $240 - 340 (Herrli-34, standard type, 4 pcs); KM-7.5 (Herrli-60, trisul, 2 pcs); 2783. SIKH EMPIRE: LOT of 17 silver nanakshahi rupees of the KM-7.6 (Herrli-35, katar, 3 pcs); and KM-7.9 (Herrli-63, flag, 1 pc); Amritsar mint: KM-20.1 (Herrli-01.07.04), VS1880 (3 pcs), 1881 (1 and Jammu: KM-1.1 (Herrli, p.231), standard type, including pc), 1882 (3 pc2), 1883 (5 pcs), and 1884 (6 pcs), various obverse several contemporary local imitations (9 pcs); average F-VF & reverse symbols per date; all VF or better, many at least EF; condition; retail value $360, lot of 19 pieces, , retail value $800, lot of 17 pieces, ex Ajit Singh Collection $180 - 220 ex Ajit Singh Collection $400 - 600 2796. SIKH EMPIRE: LOT of 5 silver rupees of Kashmir mint: KM-46.2 2784. SIKH EMPIRE: LOT of 8 silver nanakshahi rupees of the Amritsar (Herrli-06.02.04), VS1876 (VF); KM-50 (Herrli-06.46.04), VS1893 mint: KM-21.1 (Herrli-01.10.04), VS1884 series, issue dates (VF-EF); and KM-51 (same Herrli-06.46.04), VS1894 (EF, minor VS[18]85, [18]86, [18]88, [18]89, [18]90, [18]91, [18]92, and weakness), VS1896 (VF-EF), and VS1897 (EF); retail value $550, [18]93; all EF of better (2 tiny testmarks on [18]91 example); lot of 5 pieces, , ex Ajit Singh Collection $300 - 400 retail value $450, lot of 8 pieces, ex Ajit Singh Collection $220 - 300

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2797. SIKH EMPIRE: LOT of 10 silver rupees of the Lahore mint, type KM-63.1, Herrli-08.03.04, dated VS1822, 1824, 1825, 1828, 1829, 1830, 1831, 1832, 1833, and 1834; average VF condition, a few better, many with 1 or 2 testmarks, a few having been lightly cleaned; retail value $750, lot of 10 pieces, , ex Ajit Singh Collection $300 - 500 2798. SIKH EMPIRE: LOT of 7 silver rupees of Lahore mint: KM-64 (Herrli-08.04.04), VS1856 (VF); and KM-66.1 (Herrli-08.06.04) VS1858 (EF, cleaned, 1 testmark), VS1859 (EF, harshly cleaned), 2807. TRAVANCORE: Bala Rama Varma, 1924-1949, AR ¼ rupee, VS1861 (EF, cleaned), VS1869 (VF-EF, 1 testmark), VS1872 ME1112, KM-62, prooflike surfaces, NGC graded MS65 $140 - 180 (EF), and VS1874 (VF-EF, some light hornsilver), retail value $500, lot of 7 pieces, , ex Ajit Singh Collection $250 - 350 2799. SIKH EMPIRE: LOT of 7 silver rupees of Lahore mint: KM-66.1 (Herrli-08.06.04), VS1870 (bold VF), VS1871 (VF-EF), VS1872 (VF-EF), VS1873 (VF-EF), and VS1874 (2 pcs, different forms of the number “4", both VF; and KM-67 (Herrli-08.09.04), VS[18]95 (series VS1885, EF); retail value $650, lot of 7 pieces, , ex Ajit Singh Collection $325 - 475 2808. TRAVANCORE: Bala Rama Varma, 1924-1949, AR ¼ rupee, 2800. SIKH EMPIRE: LOT of 6 silver rupees of the Multan mint: KM-85 ME1116, KM-66, NGC graded MS65 $100 - 140 (Herrli-11.03.04), VS188x, with trident (VF, 1 testmark); and KM-86 (also Herrli-11.03.04), VS1888 (VF-EF, 1 testmark), VS1898 (2 pcs, VF, and EF tiny 1 tiny testmark), VS1904 (VF), and VS1905 (bold VF); retail value $500, lot of 6 pieces, , ex Ajit Singh Collection $220 - 300

2809. TRAVANCORE: Bala Rama Varma II, 1924-1949, AR ¼ rupee, ME1116 (1941), KM-66, NGC graded MS65 $100 - 125

2801. TONK: Muhammad Ibrahim Ali Khan, 1868-1930, AE 5 tola weight (59.39g), AH1308, arms in circle // Tonk Darbar below date & weight value, F-VF, R, ex Stephen Album Auction 19, Lot 1603, ex William F. Spengler Collection $180 - 220 2810. TRAVANCORE: Bala Rama Varma II, 1924-1949, AR ¼ rupee, ME1116 (1941), KM-66, NGC graded MS64 $75 - 100

2802. TRAVANCORE: Rani Gouri Lakshmi Bayi, 1811-1815, AV puvitta ananthavarahan, ND, KM-B8, Sarasan-179, Vishnu standing with stylised sanku & chakra, two lotus sprigs below / granulated convex surface, NGC graded MS63, RRR $2,500 - 3,000

2811. TRAVANCORE: Bala Rama Varma II, 1924-1949, AR ¼ rupee, ME1116 (1941), KM-66, NGC graded MS64 $75 - 100

2803. TRAVANCORE: Rama Varma IV, 1860-1880, AR velli fanam, ND, KM-22, struck 1860-61, a lustrous mint state example! NGC graded MS64 , ex Hans Mondorf Collection $150 - 250

2812. TRAVANCORE: Bala Rama Varma II, 1924-1949, AR chitra ½ rupee, ME1118 (1942), KM-67, BU $100 - 150

2804. TRAVANCORE: Rama Varma IV, 1860-1880, AR velli fanam, ND, KM-22, struck 1860-61, a lustrous and partly toned example, NGC graded AU58 , ex Hans Mondorf Collection $75 - 100

2813. TRAVANCORE: Bala Rama Varma II, 1924-1949, AR chitra ½ rupee, ME1118 (1942), KM-67, BU $100 - 150 2805. TRAVANCORE: Rama Varma VI, 1885-1924, AE cash, ND [1901], KM-40, first machine struck cash series, partial original red luster, EF-AU, R $75 - 100

2806. TRAVANCORE: Rama Varma VI, 1885-1924, AR 2 chuckrams, ND (1906-28), Y-33, KM-50, a lovely example! NGC graded MS64 2814. TRAVANCORE: Bala Rama Varma II, 1924-1949, AR chitra ex Ajit Singh Collection $100 - 150 ½ rupee, ME1121 (1945), KM-67, BU $100 - 150

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2815. TRAVANCORE: Bala Rama Varma II, 1924-1949, AR chitra 2821. TRIPURA: Rajadhara Manikya, 1586-1599, AR tanka ½ rupee, ME1121 (1945), KM-67, BU $100 - 150 (10.68g), SE1508, KM-97, lion left, attractive VF , ex Hans Mondorf Collection $150 - 200

2816. TRAVANCORE: Bala Rama Varma II, 1924-1949, AR chitra ½ rupee, ME1121 (1945), KM-67, BU $100 - 150 2822. TRIPURA: Yaso Manikya, 1600-1626, AR tanka (10.67g), 2817. TRAVANCORE: LOT of 49 coins, hammered coins; AE cash SE1522, KM-109, Krishna standing on lion, playing flute, one KM-16/34 VF-EF (5), AE ½ chuckrum KM-36 VF-EF (2), AR gopi standing on either side, citing Queen Lakshmi Gauri Jaya, chuckrum KM-21 VF (2), AR velli fanam KM-22 EF (2), AV choice EF, R, ex Hans Mondorf Collection $250 - 350 viraraya fanam, various types VF-EF (10), machine struck coins; AE cash KM-46 average condition (4), KM-57 AU (1), AE 4 cash KM-47 Fine (1), AU (1), AE 8 cash KM-48 AU (1), KM-59 VF (1), AE chuckrum KM-49 Fine (1), VF (1), KM-60 VF (1), UNC (1), AR 2 chuckrums KM-44 VF (1), AU (1), KM-50 VF (1), AU (1), AR fanam KM-24.1 EF (1), KM-51 ME1087 AU (1), KM-45 EF (1), KM-65 ME1116 VF (1), ME1118 VF-EF (2), AR ¼ rupee 1889 KM-37 VF (1), KM-52 ME1087 VF (1), KM-62 VF (1), KM-66 ME1116 VF (1), AR ½ rupee 1889 KM-38 VF (1), nice collection from this ever popular Princely State, retail value $725, lot of 49 coins $500 - 600

2823. TRIPURA: Vikrama Kishara Manikya, 1923-1947, AR rupee (11.59g), TE1337 (1927), KM-406, bust of ruler // rampant lion, EF , ex Hans Mondorf Collection $140 - 180

2818. TRIPURA: Vijaya Manikya, 1532-1564, AR tanka (10.67g), SE1482, KM-67, citing Queen Lakshmi and commemorating a ritual bath in the River Lakhi, figure of Ardhanarishvara, bold VF , ex Hans Mondorf Collection $180 - 220

2824. TRIPURA: Vikrama Kishara Manikya, 1923-1947, AR rupee (11.70g), TE1337 (1930), KM-406, bust of ruler // rampant lion, VF-EF $85 - 125

Group Lots

2819. TRIPURA: Amara Manikya, 1577-1586, AR tanka (10.48g), 2825. SOUTH INDIA: LOT of 15 gold fanams (partially identified by the SE1502 (1580), KM-91, military victory commemorative, consignor): Tanjore (4 pcs, various styles); Maratha (uncertain); VF-EF $100 - 150 Ramdur (with snake, tentative attribution); Chitaldurg (2 pcs); Sri Shaboji (2 pcs, one labeled as original, the other as old imitation); Sidhout (Maratha, in the name of Alamgir II, 2 pcs); Kuragal (Maratha, uncertain identification); 1 said to be from Tanjore, and 1 unidentified; nearly all EF condition; retail value $520, lot of 15 pieces $300 - 400 2826. SOUTH INDIA: LOT of 45 coins, very interesting study group of copper kasu and various fractions with a wide variety of types and periods represented, including the region around Madurai, average circulated condition, retail value $400, 2820. TRIPURA: Rajadhara Manikya, 1586-1599, AR tanka (10.7g), lot of 45 coins $150 - 250 SE1508, KM-97, also citing Queen Satyavati, VF-EF , ex Ajit Singh Collection $140 - 180 2827. SOUTH INDIA: LOT of 38 different local copper kasu coins from the Vijayanagar to Madurai period, some better items, mostly identified by the consignor; mostly VF condition, retail value $220, lot of 38 pieces $100 - 150 2828. INDIAN STATES: LOT of 5 silver rupees: Awadh: KM-116.2, Najibabad 1198 year 25 (VF-EF, some light corrosion); Bikanir: KM-9, in the name of Alamir II, year one (VF, 2 testmarks); and Maratha: KM-226, Athani (11)81 year 15 (VF-EF); KM-285, Kunar year 22 (VF, 1 tiny testmark); and KM-238: in name of Alamgir II, Lahore 1172 year 5 (choice EF); retail value $380, lot of 5 pieces, , ex M.H. Mirza Collection $200 - 250

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2829. INDIAN STATES: LOT of 12 silver rupees: Bikanir: KM-10, year 2835. INDIAN STATES:LOT of 91 coins: Alwar: AR rupee (1); 2, and year 31; Farrukhabad: KM-28, 1179 year 7; Hyderabad: Cannanore: AR 1/5 rupee (1); Cooch Behar: AR ½ rupee (5), Y-6, 1281 year 8; Jaisalmir: KM-21, frozen year 22 (2 pcs); and AR rupee (3); Bhutan: AE deb (10), AE pice (2), AR rupee Jammu: KM-5.6, 1196 year 24, and 1197 year 25; Jodhpur: (1), and CN rupee (2); Dhar: AE paisa (1); Dungarpur: AE paisa KM-176, Nagor, 1183 year 9; and Sikh Empire: KM-A30.1, (1); Elichpur: AE paisa (1); Bahawalpur: AE ½ paisa (1), AE Amritsar VS1836 (blackened), KM-30: Anandgarh VS1846 (Fine, paisa (2), and AE falus (2); Cochin: AR 2 puttin (1), and AV porous surfaces both sides); and KM-373: Derajat, date missing: fanam (1); Awadh: AE paisa (3), and AR rupee (2); Baroda: AE all VF unless noted, a few better; retail value $575, pie (1), AE paisa (4), AE 2 paisa (1), AR ½ rupee (1), and AR lot of 12 pieces $300 - 450 rupee (3); Banswara: AE paisa (1), and AR rupee (1); Bharatpur: 2830. INDIAN STATES: LOT of 64 coins, Alwar AR rupee 1891 machine AR rupee (1); Bhopal: AE ¼ anna (3), AE ½ anna (3), AE anna struck, Assam AR rupees (2), Bharatpur AR rupees (3), Cambay (1), and AR rupee (2); Bundi: AE ¼ paisa (1), AE paisa (3), AR ½ AE ½ paisa (1), AE paisa (2), Cannanore AR 1/5 rupee AH1188 rupee (1), and AR rupee (5); Cambay: AE ¼ paisa (1), and AE (1), AH8711 (1), Chharatpur AR rupees (2), Chhota Udaipur AE paisa (2); Chamba: AE paisa (1); Datia: AE ½ paisa (1), AE paisa 2 paisa (1), Cochin AR puttun (2), AR 2 puttun (1), Cooch Behar (1), and AR rupee (2); Broach: AR ½ rupee (1), and AR rupee (1), AR ½ rupee (1), Bhutan AE ½ rupee (3), Datia AR rupees (2), and Bikanir: AE paisa (5), and AR rupee (5); average circulated Elichpur AE paisa (1), Farrukhabad broad AR rupees (3), condition, a few nicer, nearly all with consignor’s identification; Jaisalmir AR ¼ rupee (1), AR rupee (1), Jaora AE paisa (2), retail value $1625, lot of 91 pieces, Kotah square AE paisa (1), Kalat AE falus AH1293 (1), Jhalawar ex Hans Mondorf Collection $800 - 1,200 square AE paisa (1), Kuchawan AR ‘opium’ rupees (2), Makrai 2836. INDIAN STATES:LOT of 85 coins: Gwalior: machine-struck AE square AE paisa (1), Maler Kotla AR rupees (2), Porbandar AR (12 pcs), AE paisa (5), AR ¼ rupee (1), and AR rupee (4); kori (1), Partabgarh AR rupee (1), AE paisa (1), Orchha AR Hyderabad: various AE (7), AR 1/16 rupee (1), AR 1/8 rupee (2), rupees (3), Radhanpur square AE paisa (1), Rewa AE paisa (1), AR ¼ rupee (2), AR ½ rupee (1), and AR rupee (7); Garhwal: AE Ratlam AE paisa machine struck (1), Sind AR rupee (1), Tonk AR paisa (1), and AR timasha (2); Bindraban: AR rupee (2); rupee (1), AE paisa (1), machine struck AE ¼ anna (1), AE ½ Farrukhabad: AR rupee (4); Indore: local AE (5), AE ¼ anna (2), pice, misc. dump style silver coins (3), copper (8), nice collection AE ½ anna (3), AR ¼ rupee (1), AR ½ rupee (1), AR rupee (4), of nearly all different types, average circulated condition, and AR nazarana rupee (1); and Jaipur: AE paisa (4), AR 1/8 retail value $1300, lot of 64 coins $500 - 700 rupee (1), AR ¼ rupee (1), AR ½ rupee (1), AR rupee (3), AR 2831. INDIAN STATES: LOT of 144 coins, Princely States; Awadh AR nazarana rupee (2), and machine-struck AE (5); average rupees (8), Bajranggarh AR rupee (1), Bikanir AE paisa (1), AR circulated condition, a few nicer, nearly all with consignor’s rupees (8), Gwalior AE paisa dump style (10), machine struck identification; retail value $1200, lot of 85 pieces, , coppers (8), AR ¼ rupee (1), AR ½ rupee (1), AR rupees (2), ex Hans Mondorf Collection $650 - 950 Jaipur AE paisa (4), AR 1/8 rupees (2), AR ¼ rupees (5), AR 2837. INDIAN STATES: LOT of 85 coins: Kashmir: AE ¼ paisa (7 pcs), ½ rupee (1), AR rupee (4), Jodhpur various copper types (11), AE ½ paisa (9), and AR rupee (3); Jaintiapur: AR rupee (1); AR rupees (6), Junagadh AE paisa (2), AR kori (8), Kashmir Kuchawan: AR rupee (2); Kotah: AE paisa (1), AR 1/8 and rupee various copper types (4), AR ½ rupee, AR rupees (4), Maratha (1), rupee (1); Jaora: AE paisa (1), and AE 2 paisa (1); Confederacy AE paisa (1), AR ¼ rupee (1), AR ½ rupee (2), Lunavada: AE paisa (7); Jhabua: AE paisa (5); Junagadh: AE AR rupee (7), Nawanager various copper types (14), AR kori (4), dokdo (2), and AR kori (3); Jhalawar: AE paisa (2), AR 1/8 rupee misc. coins (4), temple tokens and weights (17), spurious coins (1), and AR rupee (2); Jaisalmir: AR ½ rupee (1), and AR rupee (13), average circulated condition, retail value $2100, (1); Kishangarh: Ae paisa (1), Nakhtarnagar: AE ½ paisa (1); lot of 144 coins $1,000 - 1,500 Rewah: AE 2 paisa (1); Pudukkottai: AE cash (3); Ratlam: AE 2832. INDIAN STATES: LOT of 11 silver and 5 copper coins: Garhwal: paisa (4); Travancore: AE cash (3), AE 4 cash (2), AE 8 cash (1), C-10, AR timasha (4 pcs); C-15, AE taca (3 pcs, including one AE chuckram (2); AR chuckram (3), AR 2 chuckram (1), AR fanam with date “1380", which is engraver’s error for VS1830); C20, AR (1), AR ½ rupee (1), and AV fanam (2); Tonk: AE paisa (2), and timasha; and C-25, AE taca (2 pcs, VS1845, 1853); Maler Kotla: AE pice (1); Rampur: AE paisa (2); Kalat: AE falus (4); and Y-6, AR rupee; Y-9, AR rupee (4 pcs, including one later version Porbandar: AR kori (1); average circulated grade, some nicer, and one contemporary imitation); and Patiala: AR rupee or nearly all with consignor’s identification; retail value $1080, undetermined type, possibly from a different state; copper average lot of 85 pieces, , ex Hans Mondorf Collection $550 - 750 F-VF, silver VF-EF; retail value $400, lot of 16 pieces $200 - 300 2838. INDIAN STATES: LOT of 81 coins: Partabgarh: AE paisa (2 pcs), 2833. INDIAN STATES: LOT of 9 silver coins and 1 copper coin: Cooch AR ½ rupee (3), and AR rupee (2); Manipur: AE sel (1); Karauli: Behar: KM-34, rupee (EF), and KM-45, rupee; Jaintiapur: AE paisa (2); Nawanagar: AE dokdo (1); AR ½ kori (2), and AR KM-177, rupee, and KM-206, rupee; Jammu: KM-10.1, rupee kori (3); Radhanpur: AE paisa (2); Rohilkhand: AR rupee (3); (choice EF); Panipat: KM-116, rupee; Poona: KM-214, rupee Sailana: AE paisa (1); Sikkim: AE paisa (1); Sind: AR rupee (4); (dated FE1234, choice EF); Rohilkhand: KM-36.6, rupee of Shikarpur: AE falus (1); Maratha: (mostly Poona) AE paisa (2), Bareli, and KM-76.6, rupee of Muradabad; and Satara: KM-369, and AR rupee (5); Jodhpur: AE ¼ anna (5), AE paisa (12), and AE paisa; average VF, better ones noted; retail value $500, AR rupee (3); Mewar: various AE (9); AR 1/16 rupee (2), AR 1/8 lot of 10 pieces $250 - 350 rupee (2), AR ¼ rupee (3), AR ½ rupee (3), and AR rupee (3), 2834. INDIAN STATES: LOT of 9 silver & 13 copper coins: Alwar, plus 4 tokens; average circulated condition, a few nicer, nearly all KM-45, AR rupee; Bikanir: KM-72, AR rupee; Bindraban: group with consignor’s identification; retail value $850, lot of 81 pieces, of 5 interesing copper coins not in KM, including two dated , ex Hans Mondorf Collection $400 - 600 AH1197 and one with regnal year 36; Indore: KM-71, AR 1/8 2839. INDIA: LOT of 12 gold fanams coins, mixture of genuine and rupee (2 pcs), KM-73, AR ½ rupee; Junagadh: KM-30, AR kori; jeweler’s copies, Tanjore, Mysore, Travancore types, average Kuchawan: KM-276, AR rupee; Kutch: group of 4 lower-quality circulation condition, retail value $150, lot of 12 coins $75 - 100 pre-1860 copper coins; Makrai: KM-1, AE paisa; Nawanagar: KM-2, AE dokdo; Orchha: KM-32, AR rupee (2 pcs); Sailana: Colonial India KM-13, AE paisa (overstruck on Jaoro type), and contemporary imitation; average circulating grade; retail value $350; lot of 22 pieces $180 - 260 British India

2840. BENGAL PRESIDENCY: AR rupee (11.62g), Murshidabad, AH1180 year 7, Stv-2.72, Prid-88. KM-84.1, struck at the Calcutta mint, bluish toning, VF-EF $120 - 160

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2841. BENGAL PRESIDENCY: AR 1/8 rupee (1.45g), Murshidabad, year 8, KM-81.1, Cr-151, East India Company issue, in the name of Shah Alam II, VF-EF, S, ex Shri S.M. Shukla $100 - 150 2847. BENGAL PRESIDENCY: AV ¼ mohur (3.08g), Murshidabad, AH1204 year 19, Stv-4.7, KM-100. Prid-64, grained right, S.M. Shukla was instrumental in inspiring generations of collectors choice VF , ex Ajit Singh Collection $150 - 200 and scholars by spreading awareness of the rich monetary history and heritage of India. The first Shri S. M. Shukla Memorial Coin Day aka Shukla Day, was held in April of 1991, to commemorate the memory of the legendary numismatist’s life and his contribution to the world of Indian numismatics. Held each year in April, it is now regarded as the countrys largest numismatic fair in India.

2848. BENGAL PRESIDENCY: AV ½ mohur (6.15g), Murshidabad, AH1202 year 19, Stv-4.7, KM-100. Prid-64, struck at the Calcutta mint, grained right, VF-EF , ex Ajit Singh Collection $350 - 450

2842. BENGAL PRESIDENCY: AR ¼ rupee, Murshidabad, AH1204 year 19, KM-96, Pridmore-159, in the name of Shah Alam II, a superb quality example, NGC graded MS65 , ex Ajit Singh Collection $100 - 150

2849. BENGAL PRESIDENCY: AV ½ mohur (5.84g), Murshidabad, AH"1202" year “19", KM-101, struck at Calcutta, oblique milling, removed from jewelry (noticeable only on the edge), EF $325 - 400

2843. BENGAL PRESIDENCY: AR rupee, Murshidabad, year 19, KM-99, struck 1793-1818 at the Calcutta mint, East India Company issue in the name of Shah Alam II, oblique edge milling, NGC graded MS63 $100 - 125

2850. BENGAL PRESIDENCY: AR rupee, Murshidabad, year 19, KM-99, East India Company issue, struck in Calcutta 1792-1818, a lovely example! PCGS graded MS65 Secure Holder $100 - 150

2844. BENGAL PRESIDENCY: AV mohur, Murshidabad, AH1202 (frozen), Stv-4.3. Prid-62. KM-103, struck at Calcutta mint 1793-1818, oblique milling, NGC graded MS64 , ex Ajit Singh Collection $900 - 1,100

2851. BENGAL PRESIDENCY: AR rupee, AH1229 years 17 & 49, KM-41, Stv-7.139., NGC graded MS63 $100 - 150

2845. BENGAL PRESIDENCY: AV mohur, Murshidabad, AH1202 year 19 (frozen), Stv-4.3, Prid-63. KM-103, struck at the Calcutta mint, oblique reeding right, NGC graded MS62 $750 - 850 2852. BENGAL PRESIDENCY: AE recruiting token (4.71g), Prid-397, WANTED / FINE YOUNG MEN, lion holding British crown // EAST INDIA RECRUITING DEPARTT. / Nº 35 / SOHO / SQUARE / LONDON, one spot of minor rim damage, lovely EF, RR $120 - 160 The recruiting department operated in London 1837-1861.

2846. BENGAL PRESIDENCY: AV mohur (13.18g), Murshidabad, AH1202 year 19 (frozen), KM-112, S&W-6.1, struck at the Calcutta mint, circa 1819-1824, vertical reeding, some weight adjustment marks on reverse, EF $600 - 700

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2860. BOMBAY PRESIDENCY: AE copperoon (13.94g), Bombay, AoDo (=1675), Stv-1.41, Prid-85, scrolled shield // legend, nice Fine $100 - 120

2853. BENGAL PRESIDENCY: AE medal (13.39g), AH1211, Pud-796.2, Pridmore-400A, BHM-424, BCM-248.1, 34mm bronze medal for Major General Claude Martin by A. McKenzie, East India Company issue, bust of Martin right with LABORE.ET. CONSTANTIA around // Urdu inscription honoring Martin, plain edge, VF $200 - 250 2854. BENGAL PRESIDENCY: LOT of 7 silver rupees: Calcutta mint: KM-84.2, “Murshidabad” 1202 year 19 (VF, some porosity); and Benares mint: with frozen regnal years 17 & 49: KM-40, AH1222, 2861. BOMBAY PRESIDENCY: AR rupee, Munbai, year 7, Stv-2.26. 1223, 1224, 1225, and 1226; and KM-41, 1228 (all in EF Prid-39/40, in the name of Muhammad Shah (1719-1748), gentle condition): retail value $350, lot of 7 pieces $180 - 260 golden toning, NGC graded MS63, 2855. BENGAL PRESIDENCY: LOT of 17 pieces: Copper: Fulta mint: ex Ajit Singh Collection $120 - 160 all with frozen date AH1195 year 22: 1/16 anna (VF), ¼ anna (Fine), and half anna (VF-EF); Calcutta mint: pie, undated (C-63, AU); and 3 common types of Benares mint (all VF); Silver: Calcutta mint: oblique milling: ¼ rupee (Fine), ½ rupee (VF), and jeweler’s imitation rupee (F-VF); vertical milling: ¼ rupee (AU), and ½ rupee (VF); and plain edge: ¼ rupee (UNC); Benares mint: rupee, AH1213 year 40 (VF, 2 testmarks), and 1229 year 49 (VF); and Farrukhabad mint: plain edge: half rupee (F-VF) and rupee 2862. BOMBAY PRESIDENCY: AR 1/5 rupee (2.30g), Munbai, (VF); all in the collector’s envelopes, as marked; retail value $470, AH(11)3x year one (ahad), Stv-7.20, Prid-34, struck at Bombay, lot of 17 pieces $220 - 320 same reverse die as type Ia illustrated by Stevens, EF-AU , ex Ajit Singh Collection $110 - 150

2863. BOMBAY PRESIDENCY: AE pice (3.41g), 170(5), Stv-7.57, Prid-301, EIC balemark // date, assigned to the Tellicherry mint, 2856. BOMBAY PRESIDENCY: AE copperoon (13.46g), Bombay, lovely VF-EF, R $100 - 150 Ao7o (=1672), Prid-78, Stv-1.33., scrolled shield // legend, 1705 is the only date starting in “170" that is listed nice even strike, VF, RR $400 - 500 by both Pridmore and Stevens.

2857. BOMBAY PRESIDENCY: AE copperoon (13.65g), Bombay, Ao9o (1674), Stv-1.37, Prid-82, scrolled shield // legend, pleasing strike, decent F-VF $120 - 160 2864. BOMBAY PRESIDENCY: AE 1½ pice, 1791, Stv-8.19, Prid-126. KM-195, type B/1, struck at the Soho Mint, London, environmental damage, NGC graded Proof $400 - 500 Extremely rare, possibly only the 2nd reported example of this type. A choice proof example from the Fore collection sold at Baldwin’s Auction 82, Lot 921, for $4245. This version with the small scales was not accepted for circulation, and was produced only in proof.

2858. BOMBAY PRESIDENCY: AE copperoon (13.83g), Bombay, Ao9o (1674), Stv-1.37, Prid-82, scrolled shield // legend, nice Fine $100 - 120

2865. BOMBAY PRESIDENCY: AE pie (1/12 anna), 1833/AH1248, KM-261, East India Company issue, large letters, NGC graded MS63 RB $100 - 150 2866. BOMBAY PRESIDENCY: LOT of 7 copper and 1 silver coin: KM-198, pice 1815 (VF, overstruck); KM-200, 2 pice 1826 (scruffy VF); KM-218.2, AR rupee 1825 (VF-EF); KM-231.1, ¼ anna 2859. BOMBAY PRESIDENCY: AE copperoon (13.79g), Bombay, 1832//AH1246 (corroded); KM-231.2, ¼ anna 1832//AH1247 (VF); ADo (1675), Stv-1.38, Prid-—, scrolled shield // legend, “3" KM-232, ¼ anna 1833//AH1249 (VF); KM-252, half anna instead of ”B" at the beginning of BOMBAY, “o” after A in date 1834//AH1249 (VF); and KM-253, half anna 1834//AH1249 (EF); formula omitted, about 30% flat strike, rare variety, VF, R $150 - 200 retail value $375, lot of 8 pieces $180 - 240

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2867. MADRAS PRESIDENCY: AR rupee (11.52g), year 41 (about 1698), KM-A289, Prid-114, in the name of Aurangzeb, 1 testmark, 2874. MADRAS PRESIDENCY: AR ¼ pagoda, ND [1808], KM-352, EF, R $150 - 200 18 stars within garter type, a lovely example! NGC graded MS63 , ex Hans Mondorf Collection $400 - 500

2868. MADRAS PRESIDENCY: AE dudu (6.19g), 1769, KM-306, very thick flan, VF-EF $100 - 140

2875. MADRAS PRESIDENCY: AR ¼ pagoda (10.62g), ND (1808), KM-352, pagoda // deity Vishnu, large English lettering, 2869. MADRAS PRESIDENCY: AE cash, 1803, KM-315, East India lovely EF $400 - 500 Company issue, NGC graded MS63 BR $100 - 130

2870. MADRAS PRESIDENCY: AE cash, 1803, KM-315, NGC graded MS62 BR , ex Ajit Singh Collection $100 - 120

2876. MADRAS PRESIDENCY: AR ¼ pagoda (10.58g), ND (1808), KM-352, pagoda // deity Vishnu, EF $200 - 300

2871. MADRAS PRESIDENCY: AE 10 cash, 1808, KM-319, NGC graded AU58 BR , ex Ajit Singh Collection $75 - 100

2877. MADRAS PRESIDENCY: AR ¼ pagoda (10.55g), ND (1808), KM-352, pagoda // deity Vishnu, decent strike, VF $150 - 200

2872. MADRAS PRESIDENCY: AE 20 cash (9.40g), ND (1807), KM-328, English & Persian legend // Telugu & Tamil legends, F-VF, RR $150 - 200 Very rare variety, with obverse Persian arranged in 2 lines instead of 3 lines: “in bist / kas ast” (“this is 20 cash”), instead of “kas / in bist / ast”, which is relatively common.

2878. MADRAS PRESIDENCY: AR ½ pagoda (21.12g), ND (1808), KM-353, pagoda // deity Vishna, large English lettering, choice VF $500 - 600

2873. MADRAS PRESIDENCY: AR 5 fanams (4.42g), ND (1808), KM-351, VF $120 - 160

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2885. MADRAS PRESIDENCY: AV 5 rupees (3.87g), ND (1820), KM-422, some original luster, mainly on reverse, EF-AU $400 - 500

2879. MADRAS PRESIDENCY: AR ½ pagoda (20.82g), ND (1808), KM-354, pagoda between 18 stars // deity Vishnu, overstruck on Spanish-American 8 reales of Carlos IV, dated 180x, VF , ex Hans Mondorf Collection $250 - 350

2886. MADRAS PRESIDENCY: AE 4 pies, 1825//AH1240, KM-432, right spray tip up, NGC graded AU58 BR , ex Ajit Singh Collection $100 - 120

2880. MADRAS PRESIDENCY: AV pagoda (2.92g), ND (1808-1815), KM-356, pagoda // deity Vishnu, EF $200 - 240

2887. MADRAS PRESIDENCY: AR rupee (11.21g), Macchlipattan, AH1174, KM-655, in the name of Shah Alam II, struck one year after Macchlipattan was brought under British authority (listed 2881. MADRAS PRESIDENCY: AR rupee (11.22g), Machhlipatan, as Mughal in KM), lovely EF, R $120 - 160 AH1202, KM-390, Prid-—, in the name of Alamgir II, posthumous, two 2 banker’s marks on obverse and 1 on reverse, with much of the mint name visible, lovely EF, RR $250 - 350 Type of Pridmore 292/295, but date unpublished both by Pridmore and KM.

2888. MADRAS PRESIDENCY: AE medal (13.59g), AH1211 (1796), Pud-796.1.1, Prid-399, 34.5mm, bust of Claude Martin // 3-line Persian text, undated, by A. McKenzie, VF $150 - 200 2882. MADRAS PRESIDENCY: AV mohur (11.65g), ND (1819), KM-421.1, tail of left eagle ends adjacent to the G of ENGLISH, lovely AU , ex Ajit Singh Collection $900 - 1,100

2889. MADRAS PRESIDENCY: AE medal (10.15g), ND, Pud-796.1.1, Prid-399, 25.7mm, bust of Claude Martin // 3-line Persian text, undated, by Conrad Kuchler, VF $150 - 200

2883. MADRAS PRESIDENCY: AV mohur (11.63g), ND (1819), KM-421.1, tail of left eagle ends adjacent to the N of ENGLISH, couple tiny nicks on the edge, hairlines surfaces, EF $650 - 850

2890. MADRAS PRESIDENCY: AE medal (13.30g), AH1211 (1796), Prid-400A, Pud-796.2, 34.5mm, bust of Claude Martin // 3-line 2884. MADRAS PRESIDENCY: AV mohur (11.67g), ND (1819), Persian text, VF-EF $160 - 200 KM-421.2, tail of left eagle ends between the N and G of ENGLISH, lovely EF-AU $750 - 950

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2891. MADRAS PRESIDENCY: LOT of 12 coins: KM-299, AR 2 fanams (EF); KM-317, AE 5 cash 1803 (EF); KM-319, AE 10 cash 1808 (VF); KM-321, AE 20 cash 1803 (EF); KM-328, AE 20 cash ND (VG); KM-352, AR quarter pagoda ND (1808) (Fine, flan crack); KM-392, AE 1/96 rupee 1794 (VF); KM-394, AE 1/48 rupee 1794 (VF); KM-424, AR 1/8 rupee “1172/6" (VF); KM-415.1, AR rupee ”1172/6" (EF), KM-426, AR ½ rupee “1172/6" (F-VF, probably mount removed); and KM-427, AR rupee ”1172/6" (EF); retail value $750, lot of 12 pieces $400 - 550

2897. BRITISH INDIA: William IV, 1830-1837, AR rupee, 1835(c), KM-450.2, S&W-1.42, type D/4, raised initial F on truncation, NGC graded MS62 , ex Ajit Singh Collection $150 - 200

2892. BRITISH INDIA: William IV, 1830-1837, AR ¼ rupee, 1835(c), KM-448.2, S&W-1.61, RS incuse, 20 berries, type A/1, NGC graded MS65 , ex Ajit Singh Collection $100 - 150

2898. BRITISH INDIA: William IV, 1830-1837, AV mohur, 1835(b), KM-451.1, S&W-1.16, proof restrike, gorgeous example, NGC graded Proof 65 , ex Ajit Singh Collection $6,000 - 7,000 2899. BRITISH INDIA: William IV, 1830-1837, LOT of 7 silver coins, all dated 1835: half rupee (3 pcs, F-VF, VF, and choice EF); and 2893. BRITISH INDIA: William IV, 1830-1837, AR ½ rupee, 1835(b), quarter rupee (4 pcs, three VF and one EF); retail value $350, KM-449.1, East India Company issue, VF-EF , lot of 7 pieces $180 - 240 ex Daniel K. Ching Collection $100 - 150

2900. BRITISH INDIA: Victoria, Queen, 1837-1876, 1/12 anna, 1848(c), KM-445, NGC graded MS63 BR $100 - 150

2894. BRITISH INDIA: William IV, 1830-1837, AR ½ rupee, 1835(c), KM-449.3, S&W-1.53, F incuse, choice EF $175 - 250

2901. BRITISH INDIA: Victoria, Queen, 1837-1876, AR ¼ rupee, 1840(c), KM-453, S&W-2.43, type A/4, NGC graded MS64 , ex Ajit Singh Collection $100 - 150

2895. BRITISH INDIA: William IV, 1830-1837, AR rupee, 1835(b), KM-450.1, S&W-1.47, type E/1, without initials on truncation, NGC graded AU58 , ex Ajit Singh Collection $80 - 100 2902. BRITISH INDIA: Victoria, Queen, 1837-1876, AR ¼ rupee, 1840(c), KM-453, S&W-2.43, type A/4, continuous legend, 34 berries, NGC graded MS63 , ex Ajit Singh Collection $120 - 160

2896. BRITISH INDIA: William IV, 1830-1837, AR rupee, 1835, KM-450.1, S&W-1.47a, coin-axis (“inverted”), plain truncation, 19 berries, 2 small nicks on edge, VF, S $120 - 160 2903. BRITISH INDIA: Victoria, Queen, 1837-1876, AV mohur, 1841, KM-461, S&W-2.1, type A/SG, continuous legend, struck at both Calcutta & Bombay, excessive surface hairlines, NGC graded AU details , ex Ajit Singh Collection $1,200 - 1,400

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2904. BRITISH INDIA: Victoria, Queen, 1837-1876, ¼ anna, 1857(h), 2910. BRITISH INDIA: Victoria, Queen, 1837-1876, AV mohur, KM-463.1, S&W-3.74, type A/1, struck at the Heaton mint, 1862(c), KM-480, S&W-4.1, type A/I, NGC graded MS61 , NGC graded AU55 BR, RR $500 - 600 ex Ajit Singh Collection $1,300 - 1,700 2911. BRITISH INDIA: Victoria, Queen, 1837-1876, LOT of 14 coins: AR rupee: 1875(c) (EF); 1875(b) (EF-AU); 1876(b) (EF) - AR half rupee: 1874(b) (VF); 1875(c) (VF); 1876(b) (Fine) - AR quarter rupee: 1875(c) (EF); 1876(c) (EF) - AR 2 annas: 1874(c) (EF); 1875(c) (2 pcs, VF & EF) - AE ¼ anna: 1875(c) (EF), 1875(c) (VF); 1876(c) (VF) - AE 1/12 anna: 1876(c) (VF), all in the consignor’s envelopes; retail value $700, lot of 14 pieces $400 - 500 2912. BRITISH INDIA: Victoria, Queen, 1837-1876, LOT of 15 silver 2905. BRITISH INDIA: Victoria, Queen, 1837-1876, AR ½ rupee, coins & 7 copper coins:Silver: First issue, divided legend on 1862(b/m), KM-472, S&W-4.123, type B/3, sloping top to “1" obverse: quarter rupee 1840 (2 pcs); and 2 annas 1841; Second of date, NGC graded MS63 $150 - 200 issue, continuous legend: 2 annas 1841 (3 pcs); 1862 series: half rupee (2 pcs), quarter rupee, 2 annas, quarter anna (3 pcs), half Marked B/2 on slab, which was old KM numbering. fice, and 1/12 anna; all EF except for one of the 1862 quarter annas, a few even nicer; and Copper: 1/12 anna 1834 & 1848, half pice 1853, quarter anna 1835 (2 pcs); and half anna 1845; all VF or better; all in the collector’s envelopes, as marked; retail value $640, lot of 22 pieces $250 - 450

2906. BRITISH INDIA: Victoria, Queen, 1837-1876, AR ½ rupee, 1862(b&m), KM-472, 4-3/4 panels, slant top 1, NGC graded MS63 ex Ajit Singh Collection $100 - 150 2913. BRITISH INDIA: Victoria, Empress, 1876-1901, AE ½ pice, 1899(c), KM-484, S&W-6.599, PCGS graded MS65 RB Secure Holder $120 - 160 Incorrectly dated 1889(c) on the slab.

2907. BRITISH INDIA: Victoria, Queen, 1837-1876, AR rupee, 1875(c), KM-473.2, S&W-5.13, lightly toned later proof restrike, NGC graded Proof 64 $1,000 - 1,200 2914. BRITISH INDIA: Victoria, Empress, 1876-1901, AE ¼ anna, 1894(c), KM-486, S&W-6.527, NGC graded MS64 RB $100 - 150

2908. BRITISH INDIA: Victoria, Queen, 1837-1876, AV 10 rupees, 1870(c), KM-479, S&W-4.16, type A, mature bust, proof restrike, NGC graded PF64 UC , ex Ajit Singh Collection $4,500 - 5,500 2915. BRITISH INDIA: Victoria, Empress, 1876-1901, AE ¼ anna, 1897(c), KM-486, S&W-6.538, lots of original red, should be regarded as Red-Brown, NGC graded MS62 BR , ex Ajit Singh Collection $80 - 100

2909. BRITISH INDIA: Victoria, Queen, 1837-1876, AV mohur, 2916. BRITISH INDIA: Victoria, Empress, 1876-1901, AR 2 annas, 1862(c), KM-480, S&W-4.6 C/I, “V” on bust, two flowers on 1877(c), KM-488, type A/1, NGC graded MS65 , bottom of jabot, NGC graded MS61 $1,800 - 2,200 ex Ajit Singh Collection $100 - 150

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2917. BRITISH INDIA: Victoria, Empress, 1876-1901, AR 2 annas, 1877(c), KM-488, S&W-6.347, type A/I, NGC graded MS63 , ex Ajit Singh Collection $100 - 140

2925. BRITISH INDIA: Victoria, Empress, 1876-1901, AR rupee, KM-492, mirror brockage on reverse, edge filing, NGC graded VF details $200 - 300

2918. BRITISH INDIA: Victoria, Empress, 1876-1901, AR 2 annas, 1878(c), KM-488, S&W-6.354, type B, II, NGC graded MS63 $125 - 175

2919. BRITISH INDIA: Victoria, Empress, 1876-1901, AR 2 annas, 1878(c), KM-488, S&W-6.354, type B, II, 2926. BRITISH INDIA: Victoria, Empress, 1876-1901, AR rupee, NGC graded MS62 $100 - 150 1898-B, KM-492, S&W-6.147, B incuse, EF $150 - 250

2920. BRITISH INDIA: Victoria, Empress, 1876-1901, AR 2 annas, 1878(c), KM-488, S&W-6.354, type B, II, nice obverse toning, NGC graded AU58 $75 - 100 2927. BRITISH INDIA: Victoria, Empress, 1876-1901, AV mohur, 1881(c), KM-496, S&W-6.10, NGC graded MS62 , ex Ajit Singh Collection $2,000 - 2,400

2921. BRITISH INDIA: Victoria, Empress, 1876-1901, AR 2 annas, 1887-C, KM-488, NGC graded MS65 , ex Ajit Singh Collection $100 - 150

2928. BRITISH INDIA: Victoria, Empress, 1876-1901, AV mohur, 1889(c), KM-496, S&W-6.16, NGC graded MS63 , ex Ajit Singh Collection $2,000 - 2,400 2922. BRITISH INDIA: Victoria, Empress, 1876-1901, AR 2 annas, 1892-C, KM-488, S&W-6.414, NGC graded MS62 , ex Ajit Singh Collection $100 - 140

2923. BRITISH INDIA: Victoria, Empress, 1876-1901, AR 2 annas, 1893-C, KM-488, S&W-6.421, NGC graded MS61 , 2929. BRITISH INDIA: AE grain token (4.66g), 1874, KM-Tn2, one ex Ajit Singh Collection $100 - 140 rupee token for the Bengal famine of 1874, with central hole as issued, VF-EF, R $250 - 350 2930. BRITISH INDIA: Victoria, Empress, 1837-1876, LOT of 18 copper coins: half anna: 1877(b) and 1877(c), both nice VF - quarter anna: 1877(c), 1877(b), 1878(c), 1882, 1883(b), and 1897, average VF, a few stained - half pice: 1899, VF - and 1/12 anna: 1877(c), 1882, 1883, 1884, 1887, 1891, 1894, 1897, and 1901, 2924. BRITISH INDIA: Victoria, Empress, 1876-1901, AR 2 annas, mostly EF, all in the collector’s envelopes, as marked; 1897-C, KM-488, NGC graded MS65 , retail value $300, lot of 18 pieces $400 - 500 ex Ajit Singh Collection $100 - 150 2931. BRITISH INDIA: Victoria, Empress, 1837-1876, LOT of 19 silver coins AR half rupee: 1882B, 1884C (VF), 1885 (Good), 1888C, 1888B (Fine), 1889C, 1896C, 1897B, and 1899B; and AR rupee: 1877C, 1887B (VF), 1878dot, 1879C, 1881B (F-VF), 1884B (Fine), 1885B, 1892B, 1887B, and 1900C (cleaned VF); all are EF unless noted; all in the collector’s envelopes, as marked; retail value $800, lot of 19 pieces $400 - 500

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2932. BRITISH INDIA: Victoria, Empress, 1837-1876, LOT of 27 silver coins AR 2 annas: 1877B, 1879C, 1881C, 1883B, 1884C, 1885B, 1886B, 1887B (VF), 1888B, 1889C (only VG condition), 1889B, 1890C, 1891B, 1895C, and 1900B, all EF unless noted, a few even nicer; and AR quarter rupee: 1877, 1881C, 1882C (VF), 1883C (Fine), 1885B (VF), 1885B (VF), 1887B, 1889B, 1889C, 1894B, 1896C (Fine), 1887B (VG), and 1898C (Fine), EF unless 2939. BRITISH INDIA: George V, 1910-1936, AR 2 annas, 1911(c), noted; all in the collector’s envelopes, as marked; KM-512, S&W-8.194, so-called “pig” style elephant, retail value $650, lot of 27 pieces $325 - 425 NGC graded AU58, R $200 - 250

2940. BRITISH INDIA: George V, 1910-1936, AR 2 annas, 1911(c), KM-514, S&W-8.194, so-called “pig” style elephant, lustrous AU , 2933. BRITISH INDIA: Edward VII, 1901-1910, anna, 1907-B, ex Stephen Album Auction 15, Lot 1510 $200 - 250 KM-504, S&W-7.144, NGC graded MS64 $110 - 150

2941. BRITISH INDIA: George V, 1910-1936, copper-nickel 4 annas, 2934. BRITISH INDIA: Edward VII, 1901-1910, AR ½ rupee, 1906(c), 1919(c), KM-519, S&W-8.183, proof restrike, KM-507, lustrous AU $100 - 150 NGC graded Proof Like 64 $250 - 350

2942. BRITISH INDIA: George V, 1910-1936, copper-nickel 4 annas, 1920(c), KM-519, S&W-8.187, proof restrike, 2935. BRITISH INDIA: Edward VII, 1901-1910, AR rupee, 1906-B, PCGS graded Proof 63 $250 - 350 KM-508, NGC graded MS64 $200 - 300

2943. BRITISH INDIA: George V, 1910-1936, copper-nickel 4 annas, 1920(c), KM-519, S&W-8.186, NGC graded MS62 $120 - 160 2936. BRITISH INDIA: Edward VII, 1901-1910, AR rupee, 1907-B, KM-508, NGC graded MS63 $100 - 150

2944. BRITISH INDIA: George V, 1910-1936, copper-nickel 4 annas, 1921(c), KM-519, S&W-8.190, proof restrike, NGC graded Proof Like 64 , ex Stephen Album Auction 15, 2937. BRITISH INDIA: Edward VII, 1901-1910, AE ½ rupee token, ND Lot 1529, ex John Page Collection $250 - 350 (1905), Forc-D226, Duncan, Stratton & Co, Bombay, copper advertising piece struck circa 1905, tiger, DUNCAN STRATTON & CO BOMBAY in outer circle / monogram and ALBION WORKS LEEDS at center, surrounded by GREENWOOD & BATLEY LIMITED, traces of original red luster, choice EF $100 - 150 2938. BRITISH INDIA: Edward VII, 1901-1910, LOT of 17 silver coins, 1 copper-nickel, and 14 copper: Silver: rupee: 1903-B, 1904-B, 1905-B, 1906-B, 1906(c), 1907-B - half rupee: 1907(c) - quarter rupee: 1903(c), 1905(c), 1910(c) - and 2 annas: 1903, 1904, 1905, 1906, 1907, 1908, 1910; Copper-nickel: anna: 1909-B; and Copper: quarter anna: 1903(c) (2 pcs), 1904(c), 1905(c), 1906(c), 2945. BRITISH INDIA: George V, 1910-1936, copper-nickel 8 annas, 1907(c), 1908(c), 1910(c) - half pice: 1908(c), 1910(c) - and 1/12 1920(b), KM-520, S&W-8.135, proof restrike, anna: 1906(c), 1907(c), 1908(c), 1910(c); mostly EF for the silver, NGC graded Proof 64 $600 - 800 average VF and better for the copper; retail value $350, lot of 32 pieces $160 - 240

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2952. BRITISH INDIA: George V, 1910-1936, AV 15 rupees, 1918(b), KM-525, S&W-8.1, NGC graded MS61 , ex Ajit Singh Collection 2946. BRITISH INDIA: George V, 1910-1936, copper-nickel 8 annas, $1,500 - 2,000 1920(b), KM-520, S&W-8.135, proof restrike, NGC graded Proof Like 64 , ex Stephen Album Auction 15, Lot 1531, ex John Page Collection $600 - 800

2947. BRITISH INDIA: George V, 1910-1936, AR ½ rupee, 1914(b), KM-522, NGC graded MS64 $100 - 150

2953. BRITISH INDIA: George V, 1910-1936, AR medal (63.74g), 1933, 51mm silver prize medal for the Poona Art Exhibition, female figure sitting in foreground, writing on tablet with bay and city in background, BOMBAY ART SOCIETY above, geometrical patterns in exergue // colonial building with VRBS PRIMA / .IN.INDIS. around and POONA ART EXHIBITION / 1933 / MR. F. R. RATNAGAR engraved in lower field, two rim bumps, beautiful 2948. BRITISH INDIA: George V, 1910-1936, AR ½ rupee, 1914(b), bluish tone, EF-AU, S $150 - 225 KM-522, NGC graded MS64 $100 - 150 Photo size reduced.

2949. BRITISH INDIA: George V, 1910-1936, AR rupee, 1911(b), KM-523, one year type, NGC graded MS62 , ex Hans Mondorf Collection $100 - 150

2954. BRITISH INDIA: George V, 1910-1936, AR medal, 36mm, Indian General Service Medal for the North West Frontier campaign in 1935, to 12842 SEPOY NANAK CHAND 5-12 2950. BRITISH INDIA: George V, 1910-1936, AR rupee, ND, KM-524, F.F.R., for the Second Mohmand campaign, with 1 clasp for obverse mirror brockage error, NGC graded MS63 $200 - 300 the 1935 affair and full ribbon, EF $100 - 130 Known as a “lakhi” error in India, based on the assumption This was a British military campaign against the Mohmand tribes in that 1 piece in 100,000 is a brockage! the Northwest Frontier area of British India, now part of Pakistan. Tanks were used, the first operational use of tanks in India. For more information, see “Mohmand Campaign of 1935" on Wikipedia. 2955. BRITISH INDIA: George V, 1910-1936, LOT of 42 silver coins: rupee: 1911(c) (“pig” rupee), 1912(b), 1913(b), 1914(b), 1915(b), 1916(c), 1917(b), 1918(b), 1918(c), 1919(b), 1919(c), 1920(b), 1920(c); half rupee: 1912(b), 1916(c), 1917(b), 1918(b), 1919(b), 1923(c), 1934(c), 1935(c), 1936(b); quarter rupee:1912(c), 1912(b), 1913(b), 1913(c), 1914(b), 1916(c), 1917(c), 1918(c), 1919(c), 1926(c), 1928(b), 1919(c), 1934(c), and 1936(b); and 2 annas: 1911(c), 1912(b) (2 pcs), 1913(b), 1916(c), and 1917(c); almost all VF or better, most later dates EF or better, but also 2951. BRITISH INDIA: George V, 1910-1936, AR rupee, KM-524, some early date also EF or better; all in the collector’s envelopes, obverse brockage, thus date unknown (1912-1936), VF $150 - 200 as marked; retail value $750, lot of 42 pieces $350 - 500

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2956. BRITISH INDIA: George V, 1910-1936, LOT of 65 base-metal coins: Copper-Nickel: 8 annas: 1919(c), 4 annas: 1919(c), A Mint State 1939 Rupee 1920(c); 2 annas: 1918(c), 1919(c), 1920(c), 1924(b), 1924(c), 1925(b), 1925(c) - anna: 1912(b), 1913(b), 1914(b), 1916(b), 1917(b), 1919(b), 1924(b), 1924(c), 1925(b), 1926(b), 1930(c), 1936(b); Copper: quarter anna 1912(c), 1913(c), 1917(c), 1918(c), 1919(c), 1924(b), 1925(b), 1926(b), 1928(b), 1928(c), 1929(c), 1930(b), 1931(c), 1933(c), 1934(c), 1935(c), 1936(b), 1936(c) - half pice (all Calcutta): 1912, 1915, 1924, 1933, 1936; and 1/12 anna: 1912(c), 1913(c), 1914(c), 1915(c), 1916(c), 1917(c), 1918(c), 1921(c), 1923(b), 1923(c), 1924(b), 1926(b), 1928(b), 1932(c), 1934(c), 1935(c), 1936(b), 1936(c) (2 pcs); plus one common Automatic Machine Co. token; mostly EF, but some quite circulated; all in the collector’s envelopes, as marked; retail value $600, lot of 65 pieces $250 - 350 2962. BRITISH INDIA: George VI, 1937-1947, AR rupee, 1939(b), KM-555, Prid-235, S&W-9.13, reeded edge, NGC graded MS62 , ex Ajit Singh Collection $7,000 - 9,000

2957. BRITISH INDIA: George VI, 1937-1947, AE ½ pice, 1938(c), KM-528, S&W.254, proof restrike, Proof, R $250 - 350

2963. BRITISH INDIA: George VI, 1937-1947, AR rupee, 1945(b), KM-557, S&W-9.32, type C/7, open “5" in date (also called large ”5"), choice AU, R $240 - 300

2958. BRITISH INDIA: George VI, 1937-1947, AE ½ pice, 1938(c), KM-528, S&W.254, circulating strike, some discoloration on the obverse, AU, R $150 - 200

2964. BRITISH INDIA: George VI, 1937-1947, AR rupee, 1945-L, KM-557, S&W-9—, type C/7, open “5" in date (also called large 2959. BRITISH INDIA: George VI, 1937-1947, AE ½ pice, 1938(c), ”5"), AU, R $350 - 450 KM-528, S&W.254, circulating strike, VF-EF, R $150 - 200 Inadvertently omitted by S&W, well-known from KM and The 1938 half pice was struck both in original proof (not represented CoinArchives. Important variety, where the letter L for Lahore was here), circulating format, and proof restrike. The circulating issue stamped over what had previously been the dot for Bombay mint. A was theoretically not released for circulation, but it seems that a few proof example of this variety was sold in the Baldwin’s Aucton 78, examples clandestinely escaped into circulation! Lot 693, also with the recut mintmark.

2960. BRITISH INDIA: George VI, 1937-1947, pice, 1945(b), KM-533, S&W-8.247a, proof restrike, PCGS graded PF64 RD Secure Holder $180 - 220 2965. BRITISH INDIA: George VI, 1937-1947, AR rupee, 1945-L, KM-557, S&W-9—, type C/7, open “5" in date (also called large ”5"), EF-AU, R $250 - 300 Inadvertently omitted by S&W, well-known from KM and CoinArchives. Normal mintmark.

2961. BRITISH INDIA: George VI, 1937-1947, pice, 1947(b), KM-533, S&W-9.253, proof restrike, Proof , ex Stephen Album Auction 15, Lot 1569, ex John Page Collection $220 - 300

2966. BRITISH INDIA: AV tola, ND (pre-1947), KM-X21, Bombay Central Bank issue, “ONE / TOLA / FINE / 996", scalloped edge, NGC graded MS62 , ex Ajit Singh Collection $500 - 600

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2967. BRITISH INDIA: LOT of 72 coins, Bengal Presidency pie (1831), 2973. BRITISH INDIA: LOT of 53 silver rupees: William IV: dated 1835 Bombay Presidency copperoon (4), pie 1791 (2), 1831, 1833, ½ (9 pcs); Victoria: dated 1840, all with obverse legend divided and pice 1804, 1 pice 177x (2), 1791, ¼ anna 1804, 1832 (2), 1833 nearly all with raised W W on truncation (44 pcs); average (2), 2 pice 1773 type (3) 1791 (2), 1794, ½ anna 1834 (2), circulating grade, none with any damage, a few cleaned; retail Bombay dump copper series, 4 pice, 2 pice (2), 1 pice 1803, value $1400, lot of 53 pieces, ex Ajit Singh Collection $700 - 1,000 1815, 1808, 1816, ½ pice (2), ¼ pice, Madras cash 1803 (3), East 2974. BRITISH INDIA: LOT of 18 silver rupees: William IV: dated 1835 India Company ¼ anna 1835, 1858, Silver Bombay Presidency (4 pcs); Victoria: dated 1840, obverse legend continuous (6 pcs), dump series AR ½ rupee 1825 year 46 (2), year 3, AR rupee and obverse legend divided (8 pcs); all in EF condition; retail value Ahmadabad, Bagalkot 1819, Surat year 46 (2), 1825 (2), machine $900, lot of 18 pieces, , ex Ajit Singh Collection $450 - 650 struck series AR ¼ rupee Surat AH1215 year 46, AR ½ rupee 2975. BRITISH INDIA: LOT of 49 silver rupees of Victoria: 1840 (5 pcs), Surat AH1215 year 46 (3), AR rupee Surat AH1215 year 46 (7), 1862 (8), 1875 (1), 1876 (1), 1877 (4), 1878 (3), 1879 (2), 1880 Malabar Coast AR 1/5 rupee issues, with numeral ‘5’ (6), AH1214 (1), 1884 (1), 1886 (4), 1887 (2), 1888 (1), 1891 (1), 1892 (3), (3), 1805 (3), average circulated condition, retail value $1025, 1893 (2), 1897 (1), 1900 (2), and 1901 (7); average circulated lot of 72 coins $400 - 600 grade, none damaged; retail value $1500, lot of 49 pieces, , 2968. BRITISH INDIA: LOT of Presidency & William IV coins: Bengal: 6 ex Ajit Singh Collection $700 - 1,000 silver & 8 copper, including KM-84.1, rupee AH1178 year 5 (VF), 2976. BRITISH INDIA: LOT of 79 silver rupees: William IV: 1835 (4 and KM-70, rupee, year 45 (AU); Bombay: 5 silver & 8 copper, pcs); Victoria: 1840 (12 pcs), 1862 (2), 1877 (1), 1878 (2), 1879 including KM-136, pice, [16]74 (Fine), KM-218.2, rupee, 1825 (1), 1882 (1), 1885 (1), 1887 (1), 1888 (1), 1889 (1), 1891 (1), (VF), KM-225, ½ pice 1821 (Fine), and KM-275, 1/5 rupee, 1893 (1), 1900 (1), and 1901 (2); Edward VII: 1903 (1), 1904 (2), inverted “5", year 9 (EF); Madras: 8 silver & 3 copper, including 1905 (2), 1906 (4), and 1907 (3); George V: 1912 (3), 1913 (2), KM-343, AR ¼ pagoda, ND (1807), the first type (VG, many 1914 (2), 1915 (1), 1916 (5), 1917 (2), 1918 (8), 1919 (5), and scratches, rare); and William IV: 4 silver & 6 copper coins; 1920 (5); and George VI: 1940 (2); average circulated grade, but average Fine condition, many nicer, retail value $1050, virtually all have been harshly cleaned; retail value $1150, lot of 48 pieces, , ex Hans Mondorf Collection $600 - 800 lot of 79 pieces, , ex Ajit Singh Collection $550 - 800 2969. BRITISH INDIA: LOT of 51 coins including, AE 1/12 anna 1929, 2977. BRITISH INDIA: LOT of 76 silver rupees: Victoria: 1840 (18 pcs), AE ¼ anna 1835, 1858, 1919, 1930, 1936 (2), AE ½ anna 1835, 1879 (1), 1882 (1), 1888 (1), and 1901 (1); Edward VII: 1903 (7), AR 2 annas 1917, AR ¼ rupee 1928, AR ½ rupee 1840 divided 1904 (2), 1905 (6), 1906 (13), 1907 (7), 1908 (1), and 1909 (2); legend (2), 1916, AR rupee 1835 (3), 1840 continuous legend (4), and George V: 1913 (1), 1914 (1), 1916 (4), 1917 (4), 1918 (2), divided legend (4), 1887, 1890, 1901 (2), 1905, 1908, 1916, 1917, 1919 (1), and 1920 (3); average circulating condition, but almost 1941 (2), 1944, plus modern copies of rupees (6), Bhutan all have been harshly cleaned; retail value $1100, copper-nickel coins (8), Great Britian 1927 AE penny, AR 1897 lot of 76 pieces, , ex Ajit Singh Collection $500 - 800 trade dollar, average circulated condition, retail value $500, lot of 51coins $250 - 350 2978. BRITISH INDIA: LOT of 120 silver rupees: Edward VII: 1903 (3 pcs), 1904 (6), 1905 (4), 1906 (3), 1907 (9), 1908 (2), 1909 (1), 2970. BRITISH INDIA: LOT of 75 silver 2 anna coins: Victoria: 1841 and 1910 (1); and George V: 1912 (2), 1913 (4), 1914 (2), 1915 (connected legend), VF (1), AU (1); 1841 (separated legend), VG (3), 1916 (16), 1917 (13), 1918 (21), 1919 (25), 1920 (5), and (2), VF (3), EF (1), AU or better (6); 1862, AV (4); 1881C, Good 1921 (1); average circulated grade, none damaged, with quite a (1); 1883C, Fine (1), VF (1); 1884B, Fine (1); 1888C, Good (1); few of the 1916-1920 in choice EF or better condition; retail value 1890B, Good (1); 1891B, Fine (1); 1892B, Fine (1), VF (1); 1892C, $2750, lot of 120 pieces, , ex Ajit Singh Collection $1,600 - 2,000 EF (1); 1893C, Good (1); 1894B, Good (1), Fine (2); 1896C, fair (1); 1900B, VF (1), EF (2); 1901C, VF (2); EdwardVII: 1903(c), EF 2979. BRITISH INDIA: LOT of 4 silver coins, all graded by NGC: (1), AU (1); 1904(c), VG (2), Fine (1), EF (1); 1905(c), VG (2), Fine KM-457, rupee 1840(c) (=S&W-2.11, type A/4, graded AH55); (1), VF (4), EF (1); 1906(c), Fine (1), AU (1); 1907(c), Fine (2), VF KM-455, half rupee 1840(b) (=S&W-2.37, type A/3, graded AU55); (2); 1908(c), VF (1), EF (1); 1910(c); VG (3), VF (1), EF (2), AU KM-490, quarter rupee 1886-C (=S&W-6.283, graded XF40); and (2); and George V: 1912(c), VF (2); 1914(b), EF (1); 1915(c), VF KM-549, half rupee (=S&W-9.47, graded AU details, surface (1); 1916(c), EF (1), UNC (1); 1917(c), VG (1), EF (1), AU (1); hairlines); retail value $325, lot of 4 pieces, , retail value $810, lot of 75 pieces, ex M.H. Mirza Collection $200 - 250 ex Ajit Singh Collection $300 - 450 2980. BRITISH INDIA: LOT of 165 base metal coins, 1835-1947, but 2971. BRITISH INDIA: LOT of 99 silver ¼ rupee coins: William IV: mostly after 1912: 1/12 anna (55 pcs); ½ pice (22 pcs); pice 1835, Fine (2 pcs), VF (3); Victoria, Queen: 1840 (connected (Geroge VI, 6 pcs); ¼ anna (32 pcs); ½ anna (copper, 4 pcs, and legend) 1840, EF (2), AU (2); 1840 (separated legend), Good (3), copper-nickel, 9 pcs); anna (13 pcs); 2 annas (16 pcs); 4 annas VG (1), VF (1), EF (3); 1862, Fine (1), AU (1); and 1876, VG (1); (1919(c), VG, and 1920(c), Fine, total 2 pcs); and 8 annas Victoria, Empress: 1891C, VF (1); 1893B, Fine (1), VF (1); (1919(c), Fine, 2 pcs); ¼ rupee (1 pc); ½ rupee (1 pc), and rupee 1894C, Good (1); 1896C, VF (1); 1897C, VG (1); and 1901C, EF (1 pc); includes a few Choice AU pieces from George V and (2); Edward VII: 1904(c), Good (1), Fine (1), VF (1), EF (1); George VI, but also an 1858 quarter anna Uncirculated); retaul 1905(c), VF (2); 1906(c), Good (3), VG (1), EF (2); 1908(c), Fine value $600, lot of 165 pieces, , ex Ajit Singh Collection $250 - 400 (1); 1910(c), Good (2), EF (1); George V: 1912(b), EF (1); 2981. BRITISH INDIA: LOT of 32 coins, East India Company 1/12 anna 1915(c), VG (1); 1916(c), Good (1), VF (1); 1917(c), Good (1), EF 1835 AU, 1848 EF, ½ pice 1853 AU, ¼ anna 1835 AU, 1858 BU, (1); 1918(c), Good (5), Fine (4); 1925(b), VG (1); 1928(b), Fine ½ anna 1835 EF, 1845 EF-AU, Regal Coinage 1/12 anna 1921(c) (3), VF (1), EF (1); 1934(c), Fine (1); 1936(b), VF (2); and 1936(c), silvered AU, ½ anna 1862 Fine, 1877 EF, 8 annas 1919(c) AU, VF (1), AU (1); George VI: 1939(b), Fine (3), VF (6), EF (1); AR ½ rupee 1875(b) EF, 1912(b) UNC (4), 1917(b) UNC (2), 1939(c), VF (3); 1940(b), Fine (2), VF (2), UNC (1); 1940(c), Good 1919(b) UNC (3), AR rupee 1938(b) AU, 1938(c) UNC, Republic (1), Fine (1), VF (2); 1942(c), VG (1); 1943(c), AU (2); 1944(b), of India paisa 1974-B proof, 2 paise 1974-B proof, 3 paise 1974-B Fine (1), VF (1); and 1945(b), EF (1); retail value $660, proof, 5 paise 1974-B proof, 25 paise 1974-B proof, 50 paise lot of 99 pieces, , ex Ajit Singh Collection $250 - 400 1974-B proof, AR 10 rupees 1969(b) BU, 1970(b) BU, AR rupees 2972. BRITISH INDIA: LOT of 64 silver ½ rupee coins: William IV: 1835 1977(b) BU, nice lot of high grade coins, retail value $1250, (R.S. on truncation), Fine (1 pc); Victoria, Queen: 1840 (WW on lot of 32 coins $600 - 800 truncation), F-VF (2), and 1840 (plain truncation), Fine, scraped 2982. BRITISH INDIA: LOT of 48 coins, two hammered coins, one AE (1); Victoria, Empress: 1889C, VF (1); 1893C, Good (1); 1894B, copperoon Fine, and a Bombay AE ½ pice VF, AE 1/12 anna VG (1); 1894C, VF (1); 1898B, Good (1), VF, harshly cleasned (1); 1862 EF, 1883 EF, 1886 AU, 1887 EF, 1895 EF, 1905 UNC, 1907 and 1899B, fair (1), Good (1); Edward VII: 1907(c), fair (1); AU, 1909 AU, 1918 AU, 1920 AU, 1921 AU, 1925 AU, 1930 AU, 1908(c), VG (1); 1910(b), Good (2); and 1910(c), Good (1); 1932 AU, 1933 EF, 1939 AU (2), 1941 AU, AE ½ pice 1862 EF, George V: 1917(b), EF (1); 1923(c), fair (1); 1924(b), Fine (1); 1894 UNC, 1899 EF, 1901 EF, 1905 EF, 1918 AU, 1931 AU, 1939 1925(c), fair (1); 1926(c), VF (1); 1928(b), Good (1), Fine (1), VF EF, AE pice 1944 UNC, 1945 AU (2), AE ¼ anna 1879 EF-AU, (1); 1930(c), VF; 1933(c), Fine (1); 1934(c), VG (2), VF (2); 1880 EF-AU, 1889 UNC, 1896 Choice AU, 1903 BU, 1917 AU, 1936(b), VF (4), EF (1), and 1936(c), VF (2), EF (2); and George 1933 EF-AU, 1934 AU, 1941 EF, ½ anna 1943 AU, 1944 EF, VI: 1938(b), VF (4); 1939(b), VF (3); EF (1), AU (4); 1939(c), Fine 1946 AU, 1947 AU, 1 anna 1917 VF, 1936 AU (2), 1939 AU, 1941 (1), VF (2), EF (2); 1940(b), Good (1), Fine (1); 1941(b), AU (1); AU, 1943 EF, 1944 EF, 1945 EF, 1946 EF, plus Dewas Senior 1943(b), Fine (1); and 1943L (VF), plus 3 rupees of George VI: Branch 1888 AE 1/12 anna VF, retail value $850, 1940(b), AV (1); and 1941(b), AU (2); retail value $945, lot of 48 coins $450 - 550 lot of 64 pieces, , ex Ajit Singh Collection $400 - 600

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2990. GOA: João IV, 1640-1656, LOT of 2 silver ½ xerafim 1650, Portuguese India 165x, both in Fine quality with usual weakness of strike, retail value $250, lot of 2 coins $100 - 150

2983. DIU: João V, 1706-1750, AR xerafim (10.40g), 1(7)1x, KM-13, large central arms on obverse, partly covered by 6 fascinating 2991. GOA: João V, 1706-1750, AR rupia, 1740, KM-112, banker’s marks, F-VF , ex Hans Mondorf Collection $120 - 160 Gomes-86.01, NGC graded VF30 $550 - 600

2992. GOA: José I, 1750-1777, AV 4 xerafim, 1774, KM-148, crowned coat-of-arms of Portugal within ornate frame; flower and leaf at base on either side // cross crosslet (Cross of St. Thomas) with pellet at end of each bar; 4-X / 17-74 in quarters, 2984. DIU: João V, 1706-1750, AR rupee (11.83g), 1749, KM-55, NGC graded AU50 $1,400 - 1,600 much weakness of strike, clear date, VF $110 - 150

2993. GOA: José I, 1750-1777, AR rupia, 1776, KM-160, dies rotated 90º, a lovely strike! NGC graded MS61 , 2985. DIU: João V, 1706-1750, AR rupee (11.86g), 1750, KM-55, ex Hans Mondorf Collection $200 - 300 VF-EF $110 - 150

2986. GOA: Filipe II, 1598-1621, tin bazaruco, ND, Gomes-F2.15.01, crowned arms with G and A on either side // cross of the Order of Knights of Christ with stars in quadrants, environmental 2994. GOA: João, Prince Regent, 1799-1816, AR rupia, 1801, damage, still an exceptional example of this rare type, KM-205, NGC graded F15 , ex M.H. Mirza Collection $120 - 160 NGC graded EF details, R $200 - 300

2995. GOA: João, Prince Regent, 1799-1816, AR rupia, 1803, 2987. GOA: Filipe III, 1621-1640, AR 2 tangas (4.44g), 1641, KM-66, KM-205, a lovely lustrous example! NGC graded MS61 $650 - 750 Gomes-F3.17.02, FV-F3.10, darkly toned, uneven strike (as usual), two-year type, VF $375 - 425

2996. GOA: João, Prince Regent, 1799-1816, AR rupia, 1805, 2988. GOA: Joao IV, 1640-1656, AR 2 tangas (4.44g), 1642, KM-205, NGC graded AU55 , ex Ajit Singh Collection $100 - 150 Gomes-J4.20.02, FV-J4.23, KM-unlisted, struck for Ceylon, AT obverse monogram //arms with G and A flanking, streaky reverse tone, nicely struck for these, VF-EF $450 - 500

2997. GOA: João, Prince Regent, 1799-1816, AR rupia (10.73g), 1806, KM-205, lovely VF , ex Hans Mondorf Collection $150 - 200

2989. GOA: Joao IV, 1640-1656, AR 2 tangas (4.13g), 165x, KM-68, Gomes-J4.17.05/J4.17.09, tiny flan crack, obverse cuds indicate die was falling apart, last digit likely to be “0", undetermined reverse countermark, F-VF $225 - 275

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3006. COLONIAL INDIA: LOT of 11 coins (copper unless noted); Danish: 4 kas 179x (VF), and 1823 (VF); and AR royalin 1789 (Fair); Dutch: Negapatnam: stuiver, KM-28 (2 pcs, F-VF, both with some porosity); and French: Arcot: AR rupee, AH1220 year 45 (EF); Karikal: ½ doudou (2 pcs, both Fine); Mahe: AR fanon 174x (EF); and Pondicherry: doudou (2 pcs, one with fleur-de-lis, one with rooster, both F-VF); retail value $450, lot of 11 pieces, ex Hans Mondorf Collection $250 - 350 2998. GOA: Maria II, 1834-1853, AR rupia, 1839, NGC graded EF45 $300 - 400 Republic of India

2999. GOA: Pedro V, 1853-1861, AR pardao, 1857, KM-278, NGC graded EF40 $300 - 400

3000. GOA: Pedro V, 1853-1861, AR rupia (10.91g), 1859, KM-279, minor weakness, mainly on reverse, VF , ex Hans Mondorf Collection $200 - 250

3001. GOA: Luiz I, 1861-1889, AR rupia, 1866, KM-282, excessive surface hairlines, lightly toned, NGC graded AU details $250 - 350 3007. INDIA: Republic, 7-coin proof set, 1950(b), KM-PS1, Bombay Mint set includes; 1 pice, ½ anna, 1 anna, 2 annas, ¼ rupee, ½ rupee, 1 rupee, all in original mint packaging, better than average quality set! Proof $1,000 - 1,200

India Group Lots 3002. PORTUGUESE INDIA: Luis I, 1861-1889, AE 5 reis, 1871, KM-302, AU Red Brown $100 - 150 3008. INDIA: LOT of 5 collector commemoratives & 88 circulating coins: Commemoratives: KM-185, AR 10 rupees 1969, Gandhi (2 pcs, one UNC, the other EF); KM-190, 10 rupees 1975(b). F.A.O. (UNC); KM-240, AR 20 rupees 1973B, F.A.O. (Proof); and KM-256, AR 50 rupees, F.A.O. (UNC); Circulating coins: accumulation of 88 base-metal pieces, mostly from the 1960s and 1970s, a few earlier or later, about half uncirculated condition, the rest average VF or nicer; retail value $350, lot of 93 pieces, , ex Ajit Singh Collection $200 - 250 3009. INDIA: LOT of 19 pieces. average VF unless noted: British India: 2 annas 1897, 1912 (UNC); ¼ rupee 1862; rupee 1840, 1862, 1891-C (AU), 1900-C (AU), 1904(c) (AU), 1919(b), 1920(b) (AU); 3003. PORTUGUESE INDIA: Luiz I, 1861-1889, AR ¼ tanka (15 reis), Chittagong: tanka of Islam Shah (Fine); larins: one AR Bijapur, 1871, KM-304, lovely blue toning, NGC graded MS62 BR $130 - 170 one AR Ceylon, one modern AR with religious text, and two 3004. PORTUGUESE INDIA: LOT of 12 coins: Diu: tutenag 20 modern AE (probably tourist items); plus 3 copper coins of bazarucos 1768, 1800 and 1827 (average Fine); Goa: AR ½ minimal value; retail value $470, lot of 19 pieces $220 - 300 xerafim 1819 (VF); AR rupia 173(0?) (Fine); AE ½ tanga of Miguel; AE tanga of Miguel (2 pcs, one the PR809 countermark on earlier type, issued in 1831, the other the standard type, undated, both Fine); Portuguese India: AE 1/12 tanga 1901 (Fine), AE 1/8 tanga 1903 (VF), AE ¼ tanga 1901 (VF), and AE octavo de tanga 1884 (F-VF); retail value $450, lot of 12 pieces, ex Hans Mondorf Collection $200 - 300 3005. PORTUGUESE INDIA: SET of 1871 copper coins (KM-301 through 306): 3 reis (EF); 5 reis (VF); 10 reis (VF); quarter tanga (15 reis, Fine), half tanga (30 reis, F-VF); and tanga (60 reis, VF), most with minor discoloration, set of 6 pieces $160 - 200

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3010. INDIA: LOT of 53 coins including, MUGHAL EMPIRE: Akbar I AR 3016. Htun, Than, Auspicious Symbols and Ancient Coins of Myanmar, ½ rupees, Kabul Ilahi 49, Ilahi 50, Lahore Ilahi 47, Ilahi 44, AR Yangon 2007, softcover, 228 pages, photos throughout, English rupee AH976, AH984, square AR rupee AH987, AH998, AH1000 text, with wide-ranging account of the symbolic coinage through (alf), two silver square temple tokens, Shah Jahan I AR ½ rupees Mindon with numerous sidelights and special reference to (3), rupees (2), silver square temple token, Aurangzeb AR ½ symbolism, from an advanced collector on the scene. Unique rupee (2), AR rupee Shahjahanabad AH1099, Surat AH1096, catalog numbers and fair to good color photos, though not as Lahore AH1108, Tatta year 14, Faruhksiyar AR ½ rupee (1), comprehensive or analytical on varieties as Mahlo. Great Muhammad Shah AR ½ rupee (3), AR rupee Shahjahanabad information with photos of the numerous modern forgeries, with AH1158, AH115x, Sawai Jaipur year 30, Alamgir II AR rupee personal inscription from author to Hans Mondorf, , Shahjahanabad AH1170, Gwalior year 4, Lahore year 6, Shah ex. Hans Mondorf Library $20 - 40 Alam II AR rupee Gwalior AH1176, INDIAN PRINCELY STATES: 3017. Kappen, Charles V., California Tokens, El Cajon, 1976, Awadh AR rupee AH1225 imitation, Baroda AR rupee AH1293, hardcover, 754 pages, plates throughout, published by Tokens Bundi AR ¼ rupee, Jaipur AR ¼ rupee year 13, 23, 21 (2), 29, and Medal Society (TAM), still one of the standard references for Mewar AR 1/16 rupee, AR ½ rupee (2), Orchha AR rupee year California tokens $40 - 60 29, Sind AR rupee, lion & rabbit type, Bengal Presidency AR 3018. Mandel, Edgar J., Cast Coinage of Korea, Whitman Publishing rupee Farrukhabad year 45, misc. silver minor coins (3) and Company, Racine, Wisconsin, 1972, 160 pages, hardcover with copper coins (2), average circulated condition, retail value $1575, dust jacket, high quality rubbings of coin images throughout. The lot of 53 coins $200 - 300 catalog on cast cash coinage of Korea with multiple indices and 3011. INDIA: LOT of 93 coins, all worked by in the holders and in the guides for identification, explanation of the many characters, and writing of S.M. Shukla, GUJARAT Sultanate silver (4), MALWA line drawings of each coin. Essential for Korean coins $20 - 30 Sultanate silver (2), MUGHAL Empire Shah Jahan I; AR rupee 3019. Mandel, Edgar J., Trial Listing of Korean Charms & Amulets, Golkonda (1), Surat (1), Murad Bahksh; AR rupee (1), Aurangzeb; 1968 original numbered 96 out of 235 printed, 150 pages, soft AR rupee Akbarabad (1), Aurangabad (1), Bijapur (2), Burhanpur cover in multi-ring binder, aside from two hard-to-find Korean (1), Golkonda (1), Sholapur (1), Muhammad Shah; AR rupee, works, this is the only comprehensive listing of Korean charms Arcot (1), Sawai Jaipur (1), Kora (1), Murshidabad (1), Surat (2) including many high quality rubbing illustratons, , one with scarce couplet, Alamgir II; AR rupee Bikanir Baldat (1), ex Daniel K.E. Ching Library $25 - 35 Shah Alam II; AR rupee Dar ul-Fath Ujjain (1), Muhammad Akbar II; AR rupee Ahmadabad (3), Hyderabad (1), PRINCELY STATES 3020. Semans, Scott, Daniel K.E. Ching Sale, Auction Catalog, June 2, Baroda; AR 1/8 rupee (1), ¼ rupee (1), ½ rupee (1), rupee (1), 1991 lisitng 1375 lots of cast, struck, banknotes, charms, Bikanir; AR rupee dump style (1), Bundi; AR ¼ rupee (3), ½ rupee exonumia, Japan, other Asia, quality format auction with about (2), Gwalior; AR rupee (2), Hyderabad; AR rupee Dilshadabad (1), 40% of lots illustrated. Informative mini-articles by Bruce Smith Indore; AR ½ rupee (2), rupee (3), Jaipur; AR 1/8 rupee (1), ¼ with information unpublished in Western references. Census rupee (1), ½ rupee (1), rupee (3), Jodhpur; AR rupee (2), Karauli; figures for modern coins $20 - 30 AR rupee (1), Kotah; AR rupee (1), Kutch; AR ½ kori (1), kori (1), 3021. Smith, Ward D. & Brian Matravers, Chinese Banknotes, Shirjeh both dump style, Maratha Confederacy; AR rupee (6), Orchha; AR Publishers, Menlo Park, California, 1970, 225 pages, photos rupee (1), Mewar; AR rupee (1) dump style, machine struck silver throughout, hardcover, English text with bank names in Chinese coins (10), copper coins (4), dump style silver (5), Travancore characters. An extensive alphabetical catalogue of Chinese silver coins (5), FRENCH INDIA AR rupee Arcot (1), BOMBAY banknotes with explanations of all the issuing entities, multiple PRESIDENCY AR ½ rupee (1), rupee (2) all dump style, a great appendices and indices. Most notes illustrated. Much more study lot from one of the most well known Indian collectors, retail detailed than Pick. Best one-volume work on Chinese paper and value $1750, lot of 93 coins, , ex Shri S.M. Shukla $500 - 700 still much referenced, signed by the author Ward D. Smith, , ex Daniel K.E. Ching Library $40 - 60 S.M. Shukla was instrumental in inspiring generations of collectors and scholars by spreading awareness of the rich monetary history and heritage of India. The first Shri S. M. Shukla Memorial Coin Day aka Shukla Day, was held in April of 1991, to commemorate the End of Sale memory of the legendary numismatist’s life and his contribution to the world of Indian numismatics. Held each year in April, it is now regarded as the countrys largest numismatic fair in India. 3012. INDIA: LOT of 5 copper and 4 silver coins: Mughal: Copper: Akbar, dam or Agra(?), Allahabas, and Sambhal (all VF); Alamgir II, probably Burhanpur, AH1173 (Fine); and Ahmad Shah Bahadur, Surat, year one (F); abd Silver: Farrukhsiyar, rupee, Kabul 1127 year 4 (F-VF, 5 testmarks); and Punchmarked: three pieces, one Mauryan with 3-figure punch, and two other earlier ones, not identified (all VF); retail value $350, lot of 9 pieces $160 - 200 3013. INDIA: LOT of 191 ramatanka temple tokens, a wholesale group of mostly mid-20th century types including themes featuring; Durbar scenes, Rama and Sita, Hanuman beneath, Kusha and Lava, the two sons of Rama and Sita to right, Lakshmana, plus Islamic themed types, average circulated condition, some with much original luster, retail value $600, lot of 191 coins $200 - 400 3014. INDIA: LOT of 39 temple tokens: mostly late 20th century, a few early pieces, both Hindu and Muslim type, 2 recent machine-struck silver pieces and 37 base-metal (including a few debased silver), mostly VF, withe most of the most modern in EF condition; retail value $350, lot of 39 pieces, , ex Hans Mondorf Collection $150 - 250 Numismatic Literature

3015. Coole, Rev. Arthur Braddan, Coins in Chinas History, Mission, 1965, 4th edition, 189 pages, hardcover, photos and line engravings throughout with excellent charts and graphs. A long-time standard introduction and handbook on Chinese coinage, including pictorial overview of ancient through modern coins, multi-page timeline of numismatic & political history, plus many charts, tables, finding lists & indexes. Includes catalog of 69 Fantasy Dollars, with personal inscription from author to Dan Ching, , ex Daniel K.E. Ching Library $25 - 35

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