Watch List notes:

INDIA, Princely States. Tonk. Muhammad Ibrahim Ali Khan. AH 1284-1349 / AD 1868-1930. AV Nazarana Double Mohur (33mm, 16.33 g, 6h). Dar al-Nusrat Tonk mint. Dually dated AH 1297 and 1880 (in Eastern Arabic numerals). dar al-zarb 1880 Tunk 'ahad malkat mu'azzamat Anglistan wa qaisar i hind (seat of ther mint 1880 Tonk era of supreme queen of England and Empress of India) in Persian / mubarak sikka zad az fadl yazdan 1197 ra'is Tunk Ibrahim Ali Khan (auspicious coin struck by the grace of God 1197 the ruler of Tonk Ibrahim Ali Khan) in Persian; fly whisk to right. KM (Y) 23; Friedberg 1396. Good VF, toned. Extremely rare.


From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams, purchased from Bank Leu, December 1996.