CNG 91, Lot: 1338. Estimate $3000. Sold for $3750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

INDIA, Independent States. Sikh Empire. temp. Ranjit Singh. VS 1858-1896 / AD 1801-1839. AR Rupee (23mm, 11.13 g, 11h). Unidentified Sikh mint E. Dated VS 1888 (AD 1831). Herrli Nanakshahi couplet V; symbol in center / Mint and date formula; pipal leaf; VS date and “mai sanat na ji(?)” in Persian above. Wiggins & Goron -; Herrli 32.01.04 (date unlisted); KM -. Near EF, lightly toned. Unrecorded and earliest VS date for this rare mint.