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

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money Start Price:480.00 USD Estimated At:600.00 - 800.00 USD
SIKH EMPIRE: AR rupee (8.11g), Kashmir, VS1889
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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.