Ceylon 1941 10 cents
This specimen was lot 23352 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (Newport Beach, CA, January 2021), where it sold for $70. The catalog description[1] noted, "CEYLON. 10 Cents, 1941. Calcutta Mint. PCGS MS-65 Gold Shield. Dies supplied by the London Mint in 1940. Pop: 2; none graded finer by PCGS. A boldly struck Gem with full cartwheel luster and a hint of toning." This one year type was struck as Britain was fighting for her life against the Nazis. In December 1941, Japanese forces attacked and captured the British colonies of Malaya, Singapore and Hong Kong. In 1942, Burma fell and India and Ceylon endured air raids. Ceylon, famous for tea, attained its independence in 1948 after the British left India and is now known as Sri Lanka.
Recorded mintage: 16,271,000.
Specification: 1.17 g, 0.800 fine silver.
Catalog reference: KM-112; Prid-176.
- 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 January 2021 NYINC Sale: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, featuring the Oro del Nuevo Mundo and Matt Orsini Collections, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2020.
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