366, Lot: 229. Estimate $500. Sold for $1100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PRINCELY STATES, Kutch. Mandanasinghji. VS 2004-2005 / AD 1947-1948. AV Kori (18mm, 7.37 g, 12h). Bhuj mint. Dated VS 2004 (AD 1947). jaya hind (victory for India) in Devanagari, value, and mint separated by scrollwork / Date; trisul, crescent, and knife above; name and title of Mandanasinghji around. Shah 275.1; KM 18; Friedberg 1281. UNC. Very rare off-metal strike in gold.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams. Ex Schweizerischer Bankverein 30 (15 September 1992), lot 2873.