CNG 91, Lot: 1334. Estimate $500. Sold for $340. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

INDIA, Independent States. Sikh Empire. temp. Ranjit Singh. VS 1858-1896 / AD 1801-1839. Lot of eight AR Rupees. Amritsar mint. Herrli Nanakshahi couplet V / Mint and date formula; pipal leaf. Wiggins & Goron Type VI; Herrli 01.07.04; KM 20.1. Lot includes the following VS dates: (a) Dated VS 1865 (22mm, 10.98 g, 3h). Small shroff mark on obverse // (b) Another example with same date (22mm, 10.98 g, 12h). Face symbol in final “l” of “akal”. Areas of flat strike, small shroff mark on obverse // (c) Dated VS 1866 (23mm, 11.08 g, 6h). Bankers’ marks on edge // (d) Another example with same date (23mm, 10.93 g, 10h). Areas of flat strike, small shroff mark on obverse, bankers’ marks on edge // (e) Dated VS 1867 (23mm, 11.01 g, 2h). Cut in flan, trace of deposit on obverse // (f) Dated VS 1869 (23mm, 11.19 g, 11h). Toned, small shroff mark on obverse, trace of deposit on reverse // (g) Another example with same date (23mm, 11.15 g, 9h). Small shroff mark on reverse, traces of deposits // (h) Dated VS 1872 (23mm, 11.13 g, 9h). Face symbol in final “l” of “akal”. Lightly toned. All coins Near VF or better, with noted conditions. LOT SOLD AS IS NO RETURNS. Eight (8) coins in lot.