Watch List notes:

INDIA, Princely States. Jind. Ranbir Singh. VS 1943-2004 / AD 1887-1948. AV Nazarana Mohur (31mm, 11.63 g, 12h). Commemorating the Golden Jubilee of Reign. Dually dated VS 1943 and VS 1993 (AD 1397). hukm shod az qadir-i-bechun ba-Ahmad badshah sikka zan bar sim-o-zar az auj-i-mahi ta ba-mah (Command came from God, the inscrutable, to Ahmad the King strike coin on silver and gold from the top of fish (depths of the sea) to the moon) / samat 1993 guld'n jubili sarkar Jind samat jalus 1943 (samvat 1993 golden jubilee reign Jind [year of] rule samvat 1943) in Urdu; floral ornaments around. Cf. KM (X) M1 (nazarana rupee); cf. Mitchiner, World, 2258a (same); Friedberg 1072 (this coin illustrated). Good VF, traces of red deposits, minor edge bump, light die rust. Currently unique.


From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams. Ex Triton VIII (11 January 2005), lot 1641.