India 1921 1/4 anna
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This specimen was lot 945 in Stephen Album sale 43 (Santa Rosa, CA, May 2022), where it sold for $1,140. The catalog description[1] noted, "BRITISH INDIA: George V, 1910-1936, AE ¼ anna, 1921(c), later Bombay mint proof restrike, PCGS graded Proof 64 RD, ex Arvind Sanghvi Collection." 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. 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: none struck for circulation.
Specification: 4.72 g, bronze, 25.4 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: KM-512, S&W-8.353.
- 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 43, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2022.
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