Bombay 1834 1/2 anna KM-253
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This specimen was lot 2598 in Stephen Album sale 50 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2024), where did not sell. The catalog description[1] noted, "BOMBAY PRESIDENCY: AE half anna, 1834//AH1249, small English letters (Stevens type III), XF, ex Solar Collection." The type was struck in 1834, most likely at the Soho mint, in tall and small letter varieties. Prior to the introduction of milled coinage in 1835, the East India Company struck imitations of local designs.
Recorded mintage: unknown but not rare.
Specification: 12.95 g, copper.
Catalog reference: KM-253, Stv-5.31.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- 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 50, featuring selections from the Dr. Robert A. Rosenfeld Collection, the Hakim Hamidi Collection, the Almer H. Orr III Collection and the Solar Collection, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2024.
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