India 1915(c) 1/2 rupee
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This specimen was lot 908 in Stephen Album sale 41 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2021), where it sold for $1,920. The catalog description[1] noted, "BRITISH INDIA: George V, 1910-1936, AR ½ rupee, 1915(c), proof restrike, PCGS graded Proof 62." This half rupee was struck at the Calcutta mint in the early part of World War One. It was never minted in the immense numbers of the George V rupees but it is not rare, being struck steadily 1912-30, 1933-36. This date is scarce. The minting of rupees effectively ceased after 1922.
Recorded mintage: 2,804,000, a scarce date.
Specification: 5.83 g, 0.917 fine silver, .172 troy oz ASW.
Catalog reference: KM-522, S&W-8.76.
- 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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