Watch List notes:

INDIA, Independent States. Sikhs (Misls). temp. Desa Singh. VS 1833-1839 / AD 1776-1782. AR Rupee (22mm, 11.45 g, 4h). Multan mint. Dated VS 1836 (AD 1779). Herrli Gobindshahi couplet Ib / Mint and date formula; VS date and floral symbol across field. Wiggins & Goron Type I; Herrli 11.01.04; KM 83. Good VF, small edge cut, small areas of porosity. Rare.


From the Gurdwara Collection. Ex Ken Wiggins Collection (Baldwin’s 25, 8 May 2001), lot 449 (part of).