Bombay 1791 1-1/2 pice

Stephen Album sale 37, lot 1281

This specimen was lot 1281 in Stephen Album sale 37 (Santa Rosa, CA, June 2020), where it sold for $309.40. The catalog description^[1] noted, "BOMBAY PRESIDENCY: AE 1½ pice, 1791, East India Company issue, proof struck at Matthew Boulton's Soho Mint, Birmingham, PCGS graded PF63 BR." This type was also issued in 1794 along with half, one and two pice.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 9.71 g, copper, 29 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM-195.

Sources:

• Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
• Stevens, Paul, The Coins of the English East India Company, Presidency Series: A Catalogue and Pricelist. London, Spink & Son Ltd, 2017.
• ^[1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 37, featuring the Gamal Amer Collection of Egyptian Coins and the Ahmed Sultan Collection of Ottoman Coins, Part II, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2020.

Link to:

• 1791 half pice
• 1791 pice
• 1791 2 pice
• 1794 half pice
• 1794 1½ pice
• Coins and currency dated 1791