Commemorating Indian Independence

Sale: Triton X, Lot: 1223. Estimate $3000.  Closing Date: Monday, 8 January 2007.  Sold For $2800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

INDIA, Princely States. Kutch. Madanasnhji. VS 2004-2044 / AD 1948-1991. AV Mohur. Dated VS 2004 (AD 1948). Two-towered fortress façade flanked by decoration; above, “Jai Hind in Sanskrit above banner inscribed BHUJ; all within ornate double-ringed ornate border within vine wreath; edge: S KUTCH S “Kutch” in Sanskrit S S BHUJ S S / Sanskrit legend and VS date in three lines across field; bow and arrow symbol, crescent, and kotah above. Shah 278.1; Friedberg 1282; KM 7. Minor field mark on reverse. In an NGC slab graded MS 65. Extremely rare and historically important.

Ex Classical Numismatic Group 69 (8 June 2005), lot 2043.