Ceylon 1902 10 cents

from the Stack's Bowers 2020 Collector's Choice sale, lot 72259

This specimen was lot 72259 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Santa Ana, CA, June 2020), where it sold for $80. The catalog description^[1] noted, "CEYLON. 10 Cents, 1902. PCGS MS-64 Gold Shield. A robust and intense example, this near Gem--tied with just three others for the finest in the PCGS population report, offers vibrant golden-yellow toning which increases as one approaches the peripheries." This type was struck 1902-03, 1907-10. The 1902 is a better date but not rare. Ceylon, famous for tea, attained its independence in 1948 after the British left India and is now known as Sri Lanka.

Recorded mintage: 1,000,000.

Specification: 1.17 g, 0.800 fine silver.

Catalog reference: KM 97.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• ^[1]Orsini, Matt, Richard Ponterio and Kyle Ponterio, The June 2020 Collector's Choice sale: World and Ancient Coins, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2020.

Link to:

• 1900 10 cents
• 1902 25 cents
• 1907 10 cents
• Coins and currency dated 1902