CNG 90, Lot: 2273. Estimate $1000. Sold for $750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

INDIA, Independent States. Sikh Empire. temp. Duleep Singh. VS 1896-1906 / AD 1843-1849. AR Rupee (23mm, 9.65 g, 11h). Pind Dadan Khan (Nimak) mint. Dated VS 1905 (AD 1848). Herrli Nanakshahi couplet V / Mint and date formula; pipal leaf; VS date above. Wiggins & Goron Type I; Herrli 03.01.04; J. Rai, “Unidentified Sikh mints--proof of the existence of the mint at Nimak,” ONS Newsletter No. 143 (Winter 1995), pp. 13-14; KM -. VF, toned, small shroff marks on obverse and reverse. Rare.

From the Gurdwara Collection.