Forgery - Khalsa Rupee, Year 2
CNG Feature Auction 127
Lot #840
The coin is has been found to be a casted forgery, the forgers have misread the mint epithet and placed Surat instead of Mashawarat, apart from other calligraphic errors.
The auction description says -
INDIA, Independent States. Sikhs (Khalsa Fauj). Baba Banda Singh Bahadur. 1670-1716. AR Rupee (25mm, 11.98 g, 6h). Amritsar mint. Dated Year 2 (AD 1711). Nankshahi couplet 1 / Mint and year formula: zarb khalsa mubarak bakht ba-aman as-dahur zinat at-takht mashwarat shahr sanat 2 in six lines in Persian. SS p. 14, 1; Herrli 01.01.04; Zeno 261002 (this coin). Lightly toned, cleaning marks, slight peripheral weakness. VF. Extremely rare. None in CoinArchives.
Lot #840
The coin is has been found to be a casted forgery, the forgers have misread the mint epithet and placed Surat instead of Mashawarat, apart from other calligraphic errors.
The auction description says -
INDIA, Independent States. Sikhs (Khalsa Fauj). Baba Banda Singh Bahadur. 1670-1716. AR Rupee (25mm, 11.98 g, 6h). Amritsar mint. Dated Year 2 (AD 1711). Nankshahi couplet 1 / Mint and year formula: zarb khalsa mubarak bakht ba-aman as-dahur zinat at-takht mashwarat shahr sanat 2 in six lines in Persian. SS p. 14, 1; Herrli 01.01.04; Zeno 261002 (this coin). Lightly toned, cleaning marks, slight peripheral weakness. VF. Extremely rare. None in CoinArchives.
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Photo Details
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- Views:
- 180
- Weight; gms:
- 11.98
- Denomination:
- Rupee
- Metal:
- AR
- Description
