India 1918 1/4 anna
This specimen was lot 71555 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, June 2022), where it sold for $192. The catalog description[1] noted, "INDIA. 1/4 Anna, 1918-(C). Calcutta Mint. George V. PCGS MS-65 Brown. The finest seen in the PCGS census, this glistening Gem bronze issue radiates with a satiny nature to the surfaces and a color that delightfully mixes brown and an electrified cobalt." This quarter anna was struck at the Calcutta mint during World War One. The type was struck 1912-36 and is common in all grades but still makes a handsome coin in nice condition. This is a common date. The Bombay mint also struck this type but only in 1924-28, 1930 and 1936. A quarter anna was one sixty-fourth of a rupee.
Recorded mintage: 84,045,000 plus proofs and restrikes.
Specification: 4.72 g, bronze, plain edge, 25.4 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: KM 512; S&W-8.347; Prid-663.
- 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]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The June 2022 World Collectors Choice Online Auction - Ancients & World Coins - Featuring Selections from the Kings Norton Mint Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2022.
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