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CNG 100, Lot: 2174. Estimate $300.
Sold for $950. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

INDIA, Independent States. Sikh Empire. AR Rupee (25mm, 11.18 g, 1h). “Dar Jhang” type. Amritsar mint. Dated VS 1874 (AD 1817). Herrli Nanakshahi couplet V / Mint and date formula; pipal leaf and star; VS date above; three pellets-in-annulet below leaf; dar jhank in Arabic to left. Wiggins & Goron Type I (Jhang); Herrli 01.09.04 and p. 58; B. Becker, “The so-called Dar Jhang rupee of the Sikhs,” ONS Newsletter No. 143 (Winter 1995), p. 12; KM 20.1a. Good VF, toned, weakly struck at periphery, typical flan flaws at edge.