Sena forces Shivaji rare coin out of auction

MUMBAI: Auctioneers withdrew a rare gold coin minted to celebrate the coronation ceremony of Chhatrapati Shivaji from an auction on Saturday after
objections were raised in the Shiv Sena’s mouthpiece Saamna. The gold coin was expected to break all records in Indian numismatics by going for over Rs 4 lakh.

A few hundred gold coins (called hoans) were struck in Raigad to be showered on Shivaji at the time he ascended the throne and assumed the title of Chhatrapati. Only ten-odd pieces the size of ten paise coins are believed to exist today.

Decrying the "sale of a rare Shivaji artifact", the . . .

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