CNG 111, Lot: 960. Estimate $1500. Sold for $3250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

INDIA, Colonial. British India. Victoria. Queen of the United Kingdom, 1837-1901. AV Mohur (25mm, 11.66 g, 12h). East India Company Type II, Variety 1 issue. Calcutta mint. James Andrew Broun-Ramsay, 1st Marquess of Dalhousie, Governor-General of India. Dated 1841 (but struck 1850/1). Young head left; W · W · on truncation of neck; date below, no serif on crossbar of 4 / Lion advancing left; palm tree behind; value in English and Persian in exergue. UCI 3.7; Pridmore 22; Friedberg 1595a. Good VF, circulation marks, some hairlines, traces of underlying luster.

From the G.W.K. Roberts Collection.