Watch List notes:

PRINCELY STATES, Awadh. Wajid Ali Shah. AH 1263-1272 / AD 1847-1856. AV Half Ashrafi (19mm, 5.33 g, 6h). Lucknow mint. Dually dated AH 1262; RY 2 (AD 1848/9). Legend citing Wajid Ali Shah; AH date in lower field / Coat-of-arms supported by mermen"; mint formula in outer margin. KM 376; Friedberg 1024. Good VF, small stress fracture on obverse."

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams, purchased from M. Louis Teller, October 1995.