CNG 91, Lot: 1350. Estimate $500. Sold for $300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

INDIA, Independent States. Sikh Empire. temp. Dulip Singh. VS 1900-1906 / AD 1843-1849. AR Rupee (24mm, 10.99 g, 7h). Amritsar mint. Dated VS 1885/1905 (AD 1848). Herrli Nanakshahi couplet V; VS date above; chhatra (parasol) above symbols in field / Mint and date formula; pipal leaf. Wiggins & Goron Type VIII; Herrli 01.12.04; KM 22.10. Lot includes the following VS/GN dates: (a) Dated VS [18]45/[318] (22mm, 11.20 g, 8h). GN date off flan. Traces of deposits // (b) VS [18]47/[3]21 (22mm, 11.13 g, 12h). Traces of deposits // (c) Another example with most of VS date and all of GN date off flan (23mm, 11.19 g, 6h). Traces of deposits. LOT ALSO INCLUDES: (d) Ranjit Singh. Dated VS [187]8 (23mm, 11.11 g, 6h). Herrli 01.07.04. Minor shroff mark on obverse, bankers’ marks on edge. VF. Rare.