India 1898-C 1/4 rupee

Steve Album sale 38, lot 2716

This specimen was lot 2716 in Stephen Album sale 38 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2020), where it sold for $89.25. The catalog description^[1] noted, "BRITISH INDIA: Victoria, Empress, 1876-1901, AR ¼ rupee, 1898-C, incuse C mintmark, attractive light peripheral tone, Choice About Unc." The mintmarks (or lack of them) varied from year to year; for 1898, Calcutta used an incuse mintmark.

Recorded mintage: 1,330,000.

Specification: 2.92 g, 0.917 fine silver, .171 troy oz ASW.

Catalog reference: KM-490, S&W-6.332.

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]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 38, featuring the Dabestani Collection of Persian Coins, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2020.

Link to:

• 1896-C quarter rupee
• 1897-B rupee
• 1897-C rupee
• 1898 1/12 anna
• 1898 half pice
• 1898-C 2 annas
• 1898-B quarter rupee
• German East Africa 1898 1/4 rupie
• 1898-B rupee
• 1898-C rupee
• 1899 half pice
• 1899-C half rupee
• 1900-C quarter rupee
• Coins and currency dated 1898