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SIKH EMPIRE: AR rupee (8.11g), Kashmir, VS1889

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SIKH EMPIRE: AR rupee (8.11g), Kashmir, VS1889
SOLD
4,400.00USD+ (792.00) buyer's premium + applicable fees & taxes.
This item SOLD at 2012 Jan 14 @ 11:22UTC-8 : PST/AKDT
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SIKH EMPIRE: AR rupee (8.11g), Kashmir, VS1889, KM-C50var, Herrli-—, reduced weight standard, final digit of date ("9") recut over "8", Extremely Fine, RRR. The local governor of Kashmir, Shaik Gholam, circa VS1889-1891, reduced the weight of the rupee from the standard 10.8-11.0g to the range of 8.0-8.5g, for unknown reasons. Herrli lists two varieties, dated VS1890 (type 06-41-04) and VS1891 (type 06-42.04). Full weight rupees were restored late in VS1891.