India 1920 1/4 anna

from the Mountain Groan Collection

Steve Album sale 38, lot 2765

This quarter anna was struck at the Calcutta mint after 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. The second specimen was lot 2765 in Stephen Album sale 38 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2020), where it sold for $41.65. The catalog description^[1] noted, "BRITISH INDIA: George V, 1910-1936, AE ¼ anna, 1920(c), NGC graded MS65 RB."

Recorded mintage: 96,019,000.

Specification: 4.72 g, bronze, 25.4 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM 512.

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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