India 1903 1/2 pice

Steve Album sale 38, lot 2730

This specimen was lot 2730 in Stephen Album sale 38 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2020), where it sold for $65.45. The catalog description^[1] noted, "BRITISH INDIA: Edward VII, 1901-1910, AE ½ pice, 1903(c), NGC graded MS63 RB." This half pice was struck at the Calcutta mint 1903-06. The denomination was converted to bronze in 1906 and probably reduced in weight. A half pice was 1/128 of a rupee.

Recorded mintage: 5,376,000 + proofs.

Specification: copper.

Catalog reference: KM-499.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th 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.

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