CNG 103, Lot: 1036. Estimate $5000. Sold for $10000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

INDIA, Princely States. Travancore. Śri Padmanbhadasa Śri Chithira Thirunal Balarama Varma. ME 1101-1126 / AD 1924-1949. Restrike AV Proof Chuckram (27mm, 11.79 g, 12h). Struck 1939-1949. BALA · RAMA · VARMA · MAHARAJA · OF · TRAVANCORE, bust right, wearing royal headdress with ornaments / * TRAVANCORE – – ONE CHUCKRAM * above, same, but in Malayalam, below, Śri Padmanabha Shanku (conch) within wreath. KM 60a; Friedberg –. Proof, light fingerprint marks on obverse.

Ex Dr. Lawrence A. Adams Collection (Triton XIX, 5 January 2016), lot 2444 (hammer $13,000, but not paid); Baldwin’s 6 (11 October 1995), lot 720.