Ceylon 1910 10 cents

from Stack's Bowers October 2020 Collector's Choice sale, lot 71274

This specimen was lot 71274 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Santa Ana, CA, October 2020), where it sold for $80. The catalog description^[1] noted, "CEYLON. 10 Cents, 1910. London Mint. PCGS MS-64 Gold Shield. A well struck, lustrous, and lightly toned coin, at the cusp of Gem quality." This type was struck 1902-03, 1907-10. The 1910 is a common date. Proofs exist but are not recorded for 1910. Ceylon, famous for tea, attained its independence in 1948 after the British left India and is now known as Sri Lanka.

Recorded mintage: 2,000,000.

Specification: 1.17 g, 0.800 fine silver, 15.5 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM-97.

Sources:

• 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 October 2020 Collector's Choice sale: World and Ancient Coins, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2020.

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