India (1969)-B 10 rupees

Stack's Bowers May 2023 Collector's Choice sale, lot 72644

This specimen was lot 72644 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, May 2023), where it sold for $40. The catalog description^[1] noted, "INDIA. 10 Rupees, ND (1969). Bombay Mint. NGC MS-62. Struck to commemorate the centennial of the birth of Mahatma Gandhi, this untoned example radiates with tremendous glistening brilliance." A very similar design was used for the rupee (KM 59) in 1969.

Recorded mintage: 3,160,000 plus 9,147 proofs plus 100,000 from Calcutta.

Specification: 15 g, 0.800 fine silver, 33 mm diameter, reeded edge.

Catalog reference: KM-185.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• ^[1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, February 2023 World Collectors Choice Online Auction, featuring the David Sterling Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2023.

Link to:

• 1964 50 paise, death of Nehru
• 1969-B paisa
• 1969-B 2 paise
• (1969)-B 50 paise, centennial of the birth of Mahatma Gandhi
• 1970 10 rupees, F.A.O.
• Coins and currency dated 1969