Watch List notes:

INDIA, Princely States. Jaipur. Madho Singh. AH 1298-1341 / AD 1880-1922. AV Nazarana Mohur (36mm, 10.93 g, 9h). Dually dated RY 9 and AH 1888 (in Eastern Arabic numerals). zarb sawai jaipur sanat 1888 ba-ahd-i malkat mu'azzamat sultanat Anglistan Vikturia (struck sawai Jaipur year 1888 by permission of the supreme Queen of the Sultanate (Empire) of England Victoria) in Urdu; all within double linear wreathed border / sanat jalus manus maimanat 9 maharau-raj sawai madhiu singhji (year of reign associated with prosperity 9 Maharao-raj sawai Madho Singh) in Urdu; jhar to right; all within double linear wreathed border. Webb 3 and pl. VII, 9 var. (Ram Singh); cf. KM 147 (nazarana rupee); Friedberg 1194 (date unlisted). Superb EF, toned. Rare.


From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams, purchased from Stephen Album, July 1997.