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Auction 16041 27 September 2016
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Assam, Pramatta Simha (1744-51), octagonal country-made Rupee, 11g, Sk.1668, Half-Rupee, 5.81g, undated, Quarter-Rupee, 2.61g, undated, Rajeśvara Simha (1751-1769), country-made Rupee, 11.14g, Sk. 1690 (RB. items 12 14-16, 17, 20b, p.117-18), very fine to extremely fine (4).
Rhodes defines Country-made forgeries as those that were not made at the official mint and were intended to supplement official coins. Most were manufactured by private entrepreneurs with the intention of passing them at the local market. Some are contemporaneous with the official issues, some, such as the Half-Rupee offered here, may have been made as late as the 18íth or 19íth century.
Estimate: £60.00 - £80.00
Rhodes defines Country-made forgeries as those that were not made at the official mint and were intended to supplement official coins. Most were manufactured by private entrepreneurs with the intention of passing them at the local market. Some are contemporaneous with the official issues, some, such as the Half-Rupee offered here, may have been made as late as the 18íth or 19íth century.
Estimate: £60.00 - £80.00