CNG 103, Lot: 1039. Estimate $5000. Sold for $9000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

INDIA, Colonial. British India. Victoria. Queen of the United Kingdom, 1837-1901; Empress of India, 1876-1901. Restrike Proof AV Mohur (26mm, 11.58 g, 12h). Bombay mint. Dated 1879. VICTORIA EMPRESS, crowned bust left; right stroke of V in relief / ONE/MOHUR/–/INDIA/1879 in five lines; all within ornate floral border. UIC 6.7; Pridmore 16; Friedberg 1604a. Proof, evidence of die polishing, a few hairlines.

Ex Dr. Lawrence A. Adams Collection (Triton XIX, 5 January 2016), lot 2475 (hammer $14,000, but not paid); Mortimer Hammel Collection (Stack’s, 16 September 1982), lot 981.