India 1920(c) 4 annas
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This specimen was lot 906 in Stephen Album sale 41 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2021), where it sold for $780. The catalog description[1] noted, "BRITISH INDIA: George V, 1910-1936, 4 annas, 1920(c), proof restrike, PCGS graded Proof 63." This four annas was struck at the Bombay mint after World War One. A wartime surge in the price of silver prompted the British authorities to replace the silver quarter rupee with this copper-nickel type. It must not have been a success as it was dropped after only three years (1919-21). Likewise, the copper-nickel eight annas was abandoned after 1920.
Recorded mintage: 18,191,000 + restrikes.
Specification: 6.50 g, copper-nickel.
Catalog reference: KM-519, S&W-8.187.
- 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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