Sale: CNG 69, Lot: 2039. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 8 June 2005.  Sold For $200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

INDIA, Princely States. Jodhpur. Hanwant Singh. 1947-1952. AV Mohur (10.94 gm, 12h). Struck in the name of George VI. Struck 1947. Persian and Negari legends / Persian legend with name of George VI and jhar branch. KM 160. EF, large flan. ($300)

HH Raj Rajeshwar Maharajadhiraj Shri Hanwant Singh succeded his father as Maharaja of Jodhpur in June 1947, just a few months before the independence of India brought an end to the political authority of the Indian princes. His coins are the last of Jodhpur, and some of the last hand-struck coinage of the 20th century.