Lot 487

Indian Princely States, Jind State, Bhag Singh (VS 1843-1892, 1789-1819 AD), INO Ahmed Shah Durrani (AH 1160-1186, 1747-1772 AD), Silver Rupee, 11.08 gms, 20.67 mm, known date on the type, AH 1224. Struck with borrowed die's from Patiala, with an added inverted sword symbol within the 's' of Julus. Capt. R C Temple, in his article on the Coins of the Native Princely States of Punjab, Indian Antiquary, Nov. 1889, describes this story for the coins of Raja Gajpat Singh, who has a seperate series with a well defined symbol. He also mentions that a plume(kalgi) was added to the die, with has been found to have been re-engraved on the worn out die of these coins, Unlisted in KM, very fine+, rare.