India 1924(c) anna
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This specimen was lot 621 in Stephen Album sale 50 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2024), where it sold for $420. The catalog description[1] noted, "BRITISH INDIA: George V, 1910-1936, 1 anna, 1924(c), scarce date in mint state, a superb quality example for type! NGC graded MS64." This one anna was struck at the Calcutta mint as part of a type struck 1911-30, 1933-36. This example realized seven times the catalog value. The denomination was introduced in 1906 and struck until the end of the Raj in 1947.
Recorded mintage: 16,640,000 plus proofs plus 17,285,000 from Bombay.
Specification: 3.8 g, copper-nickel, 21 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: KM-513.
- 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 50, featuring selections from the Dr. Robert A. Rosenfeld Collection, the Hakim Hamidi Collection, the Almer H. Orr III Collection and the Solar Collection, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2024.
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