India 1913(b) anna

from Stephen Album sale 41, lot 902

This specimen was lot 902 in Stephen Album sale 41 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2021), where it sold for $960. The catalog description^[1] noted, "BRITISH INDIA: George V, 1910-1936, 1 anna, 1913(b), proof restrike, PCGS graded Proof 64." This one anna was struck at the Bombay mint as part of a type struck 1912-36. The denomination was introduced in 1906 and struck until the end of the Raj in 1947.

Recorded mintage: 39,776,000 + proofs.

Specification: 3.8 g, copper nickel, 21 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM-513, S&W-8.280.

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 41, featuring the Dick Nanta Collection of Giray Khans, Part II, the Charles Opitz Collection of Ethnographic Money, Part II, and the Allan F. Pacela Collection of Chinese Coins. Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2021.

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