India 1862(c) 1/12 anna

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Ponterio sale 173, lot 1407
India 1862c 1-12 anna rev Ponterio 173-1407.jpg
from the Mountain Groan Collection
17.4 mm diameter, therefore Calcutta mint

This specimen was lot 1407 in Ponterio sale 173 (New York, January 2013), where it sold for $588. The catalog description[1] noted, "INDIA. 1/12 Anna, 1862-(c). NGC PROOFLIKE-64 RD. Restrike." This denomination, the smallest of the copper issues, was struck at the Calcutta, Bombay and Madras mints in 1862 and 1874-76. As the 1862 is the most frequently seen, it seems logical to suppose it was struck with a frozen date 1862-73. Readers are invited to submit suggestions as to how to distinguish the issues of the various mints, which did not use mintmarks. This twelfth anna was 1/192 of a rupee.

Recorded mintage: 2,502,000 (Calcutta), 2,999,000 (Bombay), 40,487,000 (Madras).

Specification: copper, 17.4-18 mm diameter (second specimen 17.4 mm).

Catalog reference: KM 465.

Source:

  • Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
  • Stevens, Paul, and Randy Weir, The Uniform Coinage of India, 1835 to 1947, A Catalogue and Pricelist, London, Spink & Son Ltd, 2012.
  • [1]Ponterio, Richard, Ponterio Sale 173: The January NYINC 2013 Auction, Irvine, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2012.

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