BIKANIR, Victoria [Ganga Singh (1887-1943)], silver Rupee
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1892
The Uniform Coinage of India, British Imperial Period: Princely States, BIKANIR , Victoria [ Ganga Singh (1887-1943)], silver Rupee, type C/2, 1892 [1892-4], Bombay, crowned and robed bust left, victoria empress , 3.5 panels in jabot, no v on bodice or crescent at point of shoulder, rev .
Maharaj Ganga Singh bahadur sanat 1892 in Nagari and Persian in centre, one rupee bikanir state divided by fly-whisks, edge grained, 11.69g/12h ( Prid. 1003 [Sale, lot 187]; Stevens website BK 125; KM. 72; cf . Bikanir applied for the substitution of silver and copper coins struck in a British mint for its then existing currency in September 1890. The proposal being accepted, an agreement was drawn up and the necessary dies prepared.
The Darbar proceeded to call in its silver coins and despatch them to the Bombay mint, where they were recoined as rupees which became legal tender in British India; similarly the copper coins were sent to Calcutta where they were recoined.
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Physical characteristics
- Material (listing wording)
- silver
- Dimensions or weight (listing wording)
- 11.69g
Identification
- Source note
- Auction-house description published on Invaluable. Attribution and measurements are the auction house’s statements about the photographed example; independent type authentication remains research required.
- Listing object ID
- 189728218
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